VOL. YII,
COLUMBUS, iN. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23. 1902.
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MAY ANNEX CUBA.
That Island May Become a Part of
. the United States.
PLEA FOR A LOWER SUGAR DUTY.
It Is Urged- Before Committee That
Immediate Relief Be Afforded the
Cuban Sugar Growers!
v
Washington. Snecial. The ways and
-w --
rmeans committee uegau ueaimg cu
nesday on the subject of Cuban reci
procity, with a large representation
Torpsent from the various interests
which would be effected by legislation
of This character. The Cuban industries
wcra represented by Messrs. Place,
Mendoaa Duniois aSd Franke, chosen
by., commercial organizations in vari
ous parts of the island. The interests
engaged in sugar production in Cuba
were represented by Edwin F. Atkins,
spokesman for an organization con-
trolling a large
duction of the
INew YorkAand
part of the sugar pro
band ; :Hugh. Kelly, of
John F. Craig,-of Phil
adelphia. WllllZKn Haywood -was pres
ent in behalf m the Hawaiias sugar
planters and. Henry T. Oxnard for the
domestic beet sugar interests. The to
batci and othor interests affected by
Cuban production we-realso well rep
resented. Edwin F. Atkins, of Boston, made
the opening statement in behalf of re
ciprocity. Ho spoke of the enormous
overproduction of sugar throughout
the world, amounting to about 1,500,-
vvv AKXJkO, W1UV.U licUU i fiUlLUU III it lU lSxS
in the industry. European countries
had met thi by bounties, so that the
.Grm-aii producers, by means of a
bounty, were able to sell sugar at half
a CC-nt DOr noamd hln-W its f.oat rf nrn-
duction. The oost of production in
Cuba was 2.08 cents per pound, which
was somewhat above the selling price.
Mr. Atkins stated that there, was now
about! $20,000,000 of standing cane in
Cuba and at present prices a consid
erable part of this would not be har
Tested. The loss. to labor, lie thought,
3vas likely to lead to disturbances. At
the time set for the withdrawal of
Amrripj?n tranna thpro u'nn'M' Vvo ?
his onininn. fi. Vpf?."H In iha innhi.
t , - w . vaa v:. lltiOUlUA
revenues which were largely recruited
from the sugar industry. Mr. Atkins
. stated that a' 50 per cent, reduction of
to utou-uu iu tuu various pro
ducts of the island, but in response to
inquiries from Mr. Payne he said that
the sugar Industry felt they should
have a 1C0 per cent reduction. He was
opposed to a drawback. Mr. Atkins
said that it present conditions contin
ued Cofca probably (would become so
.v.)H4io n uv iuilx'u iuuj annex
ration. ' ;
Louis Place, a merchant of Havana,
and head of the Cuban delegation, pre
sented the case fTom the Cuban stand-
jfwiui. u preseiii, ne said, uuha was
buying large: quantities of foreign
soods and if reciprocity was brought
about with the United States, Cuba
would buy American cotton goods,
wine, and many other articles now
Txmght abroad. He believed this mar-
ket in Cuba would amount to $250,000,--O00
within two years. . " . j. . j
Francis B, Thurber. of the United
"States Expert Association, statedfriiat
the primary consideration was 6nb of
igood faith on the part of the United
'States- to Cuba.
Hugh Kelley, of New York, who has
large sugar holdings in Cuba, said that
ras an American he urged that recrn--rocal
concessions be made. He believed
-that if there wa3 no reciprocity Cuba
would ask for annexion and if this
occurred the voice c the American
"people will be for admitting the island.
Mr. Mentfoza, of the Cban delega
tion,': pictured the 'distress if present
conditions were continued j and gaid
the loss on the sugar , crop of the
iauu year wouia approximate
, T,v,vWl xit? Birongiy iavorea the
v, umjooiuu ml sugar ana reciprocal
-concessions on American goods enter?.
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Must Have Negro Schools.
Guthrie, O. T., Special. Chief Jus
lice Burford has issued an order to the
effect that if there be only one colored
child of schqol age in a school district
the authorities must provide a sep
arate school house and teacher. This
order takes in the entire Territory and
"Will, prove very expensive to the vari
6ns counties.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Uetalled Doings of pur National Law
makers, HOUSE s
Twenty-third DayrrThe House held
a short session, devoid of events. It
adjourned at 4:30 p. m. '
Twenty-fourth Day The House was
in session only a few minutes and no
iuiui tan l xiiciiaurt's
deration. At 4:20 p.
journed.
were under consi-
m. the House ad-
Twenty-fifth Day iThe House of Rep
resentatives was in session less than an
hour. Only routine business was trans
acted, the most important feature of
which was the reporting by Mr. Can
non, chairman of the committee on ap
propriations, of an urgency bill. The
bill will be called up for consideration
next Monday. . . j.
The Senate amendments to the House
bill appropriating $90,000 for a govern
ment exhibit and floors pace at the
Charleston Exposition was agreed to
and the bill, passed, j
' SENATE.
Twenty-fourth Day1 For a brief time
the Senate had undecj consideration the
bill creating a Department of Com
merce. The discussion tended to show
that the measure will have to be
amended in many particulars before
it can receive the approval of tho Sen
ate. Serious objections wrere raised to
the transfer to the proposed Depart
ment of several important bureaus,
now a part of other Departments of the
government. Notice of several Im
portant amendments jwas given, but no
definite action on the' measure was
taken.' A large number of uncontested
bills and private pension measures was
passed, after which the Senate adjourn
ed until Monday.
Twenty-fifth Day-
The Senate held a
brief and interesting
session.
The Democratic members of the Sen
ate Committee on th Philippines were
in consultation for several hours over
their proposed substitute ' " proposition
for the Philippine tariff bill. They are
agreed on all the essential 'features of
their position. In general they say
they will recommend that in the end
provision should be mado giving the
Filipino' their independence, but in the
meantime providing for free trade be
tween the United States and th3 Philip
pine archipelago, such as is maintain
ed between the United States proper
and other territories.
Favor Panama Offer. ,
Washington, Special. The sup
plemental report of the Isthmian
Canal Commission on the proposition!
of the Panama Canal Company to is'V
pose of its property to the United
States for $40,000,000 was delivered
to President Roosevelt Saturday eve
ning. The members of the commission
refuse to discuss' the nature 'of the
report and like reticence was main
tained at the White House, but it
was stated on excellent authority
that the report unanimously recom
mends that the offer of the Panama
Company be accepted. The report, it
is stated, is very voluminous, going
into all phases of the question and
attempting . to meet j the objections
that any , legal complications will
arise. ' 1 '
The.Goebe! flurder.
Frankfort, Ky., Special. Attorneys
for the defense in -the Jim Howard
murder case say tliat they will to
morrow put on tho fitness stand re
liable persons who w411 give all the
details of the . alleged Goebel murJer
conspiracy. They, say that this, testi
mony will show that Howard had
nothing to do with the crime. j
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A Jeweler Murdered.
West Chester, N. Y., Special Bela
Brown, t aged GO, ; a manufacturer of
jewelry, was found ( murdered in his
store Sunday night. His legs were
tied together and he furas gagged with
a long neck searf . On the back of
the "head was a hole extending into
the brain and there were several
rrnshps in thfi Rcaln evidently made
with a hammer, which was found near
the body smeared wpi wooa.
New5 By Wire.
A half million of Eastern capital is
to be invested
in
Oregon Umber
lands.
Illinois subscriptions to the McKin
ley- - National Memorial aggregate
$25,i39. : '-.'.''V
Two, colored miners were killed and
eight injured at Millstone, Tenn., by
a runaway mine car.
The residents of Wilmington, Del.,
were aroused the other night by the
continuous, screech of a whistle. For
piore than an hour the noise was un
interrupted: Next ; morning it c was
learned that the whistle valv.3 of a lo
comotive engine in the railroad yard
had become jammed and tho engineer
was unable to release it. V Not until the,
steam pressure was reduced by draw
ing the fire did the noiso cease-
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SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
New Enterprises That Are Enriching
pur Favored Section.
Kentucky Oil Fields.
In a recent issue of the Morning
Herald of Lexington; Ky., ia published
a sketch of the development of the oil
field" in-Eastern Kentucky, about fifty
miles from Lexington. Tho beginning
of the advancement of that section Is
traced to the construction of about
twenty-five years ago by the Chesa
peake & Ohio Railway of a road from
Mt. Sterling to . Huntington, W.; Va,
Iron ore had been mined in Bath coun
ty for seventy-five years in small
quantities, but the arrival of the
steam road increased the output of the
ore and of timber. A little more than
a year Jago the Mt Sterling Oil & Gas
Co., which had acquired leases In the
neighborhood of Ragland, drilled its
first oil well in Bath county, and al
most every well since drilled in that
county has been found to be produc
tive. The Herald says:
"None of the wells have been push
ers, and now thattljo rfield is partially
developed, no gushers are expected.
One reason that the oil would not llow
without pumping is that it is free ro-i
gas, the pressure which causes the evil
in most gushers to flow freely. A sec
ond reason is the quality of tho, oil
Itself., !i-
V'The oil produced in the Licking
river fields is a. thick, black, heavy lu
bricant, very similar in appearance to
hot tar. The quality is good, and the
oil men claim , that it will sell on "the
ground atl $4 to $4.25 per barrel. The
only market found for it so far, how
ever, is local, th Bath county ma
chinists using it as a lubricant on del
icate machinery that requires the best
quality of oiuypayhg fifty and sev-raty-five-ctirpt'f
gallrfu. The oil men
believe that a market can readily be
found when occasion demands it.
"The ordinary tanks provided for
the first flow of the wells have been
filled. As yet no pipe lines have oaen
laid, and,, indeed, it has not yet been
determined to what point they will be
laid.
"The Guffey & -Galey Company, re
puted to be largest independent oil
concern in the world, is constructing
a 65,000-barredl tank within 200 yards
of the depot at Ragland.
"They have few, if any, leases in the
vicinity, all of the neighboring terri
tory having been already leased. Mr,
J. E Maguire, a representative of the
Guffey &,Galey Company, stated that
his company expected to handle any
oil offered to it if it could see its way
clear to, make a profit on the oil. The
Guffey & Galey people evidently be
lieve that there is money in the Geld
by going to the expense of erecting
such 'a tank. There are no larger
tanks in the country than the one at
Ragland, although the same people
have forty tanks ojC its size in various
parts of the United States. Mt. . Ma
guire said that the tank would cost
about $20,000 when completed. The
expense of erecting it alone, without
the cost of the material, will be be
tween $3500 and $5000. It will be. 130,
fAPt in riiamatra- and thirty feet itt-1
height.
'Nearly all' the wells , which have
been drilled at. Ragland have been
plugged to await the completion of the
tank. When the tank is completed they
will be pumped' to their full capacity.
If the tank is then filled in any rea
sonable time, which is confidently, ex
pected, active measures will at once be
taken to construct pipe lines, probably
to Salt Lick, though there has been
some talk of pumping the; oil to the
top of a nearby mountain and pipe it
to the Ohio river, jand at the river load
it into barges for final destination.
; "One of the moat promising compa
nies in the Bath J county field Is the
Licking Valley. Oil & Gas Co., compos
ed almost entirely of Lexington men.
The company has 8600 acres of land
leased in. the immediate territory, a
large portion of wfhich is contiguous
to the Ragland wells. Otner leases are
across themountain, and some lie to
ward Salt Lick, while it has several
hundred acres of leased land in Meni
fee adjoining producing wells. The
company nas , suoieasea pan. uj. . h.
land to Mr. J. M. Sweeny, who has
drilled one-well upon it. The well was
found to be a good producing well, but
was immediately plugged up to await
storage facilities. The company is
drilling another well nearby, and is
now nearly 400 feet deep. Not less than
thirty wells have been drilled in Bath
county, of - which number at least
twenty-five are profitable wells. .
"Two wells were shot at Yale, about
two miles across the mountain from
Ragland. Oil was found in the wells,
f but it was so flooded with salt watei
that it is not deemed profitable at
' present to work. -
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.
Three Hundred People Are Said to
Have Been Killed, i '
Mexico City, Special. One j of the
most terrible- catastrophes t ever re
corded in the State of Guerrero ; is
'reported to , have occurred late , Fri
day afternoon, J when an extremely
violent earthquake shock was
Chilpancingo, causing 4 a great
felt at
loss of
life and injuring many persons. De
tails from the stricken district are
very meagre, but scattering reports
received here indicate that probably
300 persons weje killed and as many
moro Injured. It is known that tho
State capitol, tiae parish church and
many business Rouses and residences
are in ruins and there is much suf:
fering from awful seismic jdistur
bance. One of the edifices that suf
fered most was the - Federal ! Tele
graph Office, wh ch explains the pauci
ty of news that has so far reached tpis
city. Later, meagre details 'began to
arrive here. The telegraph lines arid
apparatus at Chilpancingo were bad
ly damaged, bui the employes, all" of
whom were uninjured,' proceeded to
erect an improvised telegraph office
on the outskirts
of the city. The num
greater in the parish
ber of dead was
church than in any single place; as a
crowd of worshipers were gathered
there for the a
ternoon service. The
solid masonry-walled roof came top
"pling down on
the worshipers
as if
it had been "wrenched from its bear-
ings by a thousand strong handsSev
eral people wee killed there, j The
War Department has ordered tho
troops in the neighborhood to co
operate in the work of rescue, j Until
this work is completed it will be im
possible to accurately learn the! num
ber of victims.
It is believed,! how-
ever, that this
is one of the j most
destructive seismic phenomena that
has occurred in Mexico. The greater
part of the population of Chilpan
cingo are now j camping out on the
outskirts of the town. , j
Earthquake shocks were felt in
many other cities and towns. In
Mexico City the earthquake" took
place at 5:17 Thursday , afternoon and
was of such violence as to shake the
most substantia ; buildings. The Pan
American" Congress was in session at
the time. The first movement was one
of trepidation and was sharp. It was
followed by an easier oscillator y
movement from
north-northwest to
The duration was 55
south -southwest.
seconds. The damage in tliis city was
only slight
The State of
jGuerrero Jias always
of seismic disturb
been the focus
ances. Reports Received here tonight
state that the shock was very severe
at Chilapa. No casualties reported so
far from there. In duration the! Chil-,
pancingo shock was less important
than that in Mexico City, having last
ed 50 seconds against 55 seconds at
the capital. I ,: (
Up to .41 o'clock at night no further
news had come through from ' Chil
pancingo. The earthquake was also
heavy at Iguala In the State : of
Guerrero, destroying the parish (khuch
and many buildings in the city and
neighborhood. Atnong the latter vas
the sugar mill ojf General Frisbie, an
American. The mill had just 1 1 been
completed and fitted up with Ameri
can machinery s t a cost of $200,000.
The property loss; is Immense through
out the State' .'of Teurrero. j
The Associate! Press correspon
dent has just seen a private tele
gram from -Chili ancingo from a gen
tleman to relatives in this city i say
ing: 'T' and family are safe: Many
houses were destroyed." The fact! that
he does not refer to loss of life is
Considered significant and it is now
developed that the first estimate of
deaths was greatly ex-aggerated
Train Wrecked.
La Fay ette. La: . Special .The !
fast
passenger train which left New CsIeans
was wrecked Frjdav at Code station,
12 miles east of jLaFayette. Five pas
senger cars were throVn from the
tratfk, all well filled with passengers,
but fortunately Only three, were hurt.
The injured are: I Dr. H. Cj Smisson, of
Slocum, internal injus-ies; Dr. Brecker,
of Detroit, leg hurt;" Mrs. C H. Ham
bert, of Buffalo, N. Y., injured Internal
ly. The injured j were brought j here,
sent to a hotel and are reported as do
ing welL
Bank Closes.
Albany, Ga,, Special. An application
fqra temporary receiver- has T been
filed by the directors of the Commercial
Bank of Albany. The bank did not
open for business and a posted notice
stated that the ;bank had suspended
payment pending the action of the
State authoritie9.i The liabilities of the
bank art estimated at $123,000,1 with
assets of 191,000 in bills receivable
and real estate.
TOWNS GROW FAST.
Rural Districts in the. South Rapldlf
. Filling Up.
DETAILS OF THE LATE CENSUS
Popuiation of North Congested lath
Large CitiesIn the South the la
crease Has Been Rural .
, Washington, Special. Tho Director
of tho Census has given out a state
ment regarding the growth, of urban
population North and South, which
shows the following facts: .;:
The large cities taken collectively
are growing nearlytwice a fast as th
rest of the country!
The peV cent of the population of
North States living in large cities Is,
nearly three times as great as the cor
responding per cent in the. South; the
North has a rate of increase no great
er than that of the South. I ;
The large cities of the North are ,
growing" much faster than those of the
same size in the South, but this differ-,
ence balanced by an extremely rapid
growth of small towns and ;- cities ia
the South and especially rural popula
tion. - r .
The statement says these results seem
paradoxical but are correct.
Director Merriman's statement is de
Signed to explain how tho deductions
that the South for the first time is now
growing as rapidly as the North har
monizes jvith the well known fact that
in the North the population of inhabi
tants i living in cities is much, larger
than it is in the South and that as a
rule cities increase in population much
more rapidly than country districts. 1
The statements shows w, that , in the
North the proportion of the population
living in large citiei s more than three
times as great is it is In Ahe South.
The population living in cities , of ov
er 25,000 Inhabitants increased 41 per
cent bciween 1890 and 1&00, partly by
the growth of the 126 cities of that size
i 1890 and partly by the addition dur
ing the following ten years Of 36 other
cities to the list. The population of
the country, outside these cities increas
ed between 1890 and 1900 14.9 per cent.
The 160 cities of the United States,
each, of which had over 25,000 inhabi
tants in 1900 Increased in population
32.5 per cent between 1590 and 1900.
the rest of the United States, Including
Alaska and thc recent insular acces-v
stems increased 17.8 per cent. J
'.- Of the total population of T7,94,57a
in continental; United States 1S,718,312,
or 25.9 , per cent live in cities of 25,000
Inhabitants or more. The proportion
of inhabitants of the three sections, the
North. South and West, into which tko
census divides the United States fol
lows: -"'v. v".' '-.-u . ; '' '
- North, total population, ; 47,79, 6S9;
population of cities of .25,0000 or more
16,196580 or. 34 per cent; South, total
24,523,527; cities of 25000 or more, 2,
488,553 or 10 per cent; West 4,091,349;
cities; of 25,000 or more 1,033,179, or 25
per cent. ' r . -' ?
' The per cent of Increase of population
living in places of sizes indicated from
1890 to 1900, by sections follows r
25,000 and over, North, 42.2; South,
51 ft. TUVvef ATI 5' in TTnifed Sfsps 411.
8,00a to 25,000, North, 22.9: South, 26.9;
West, 17.9; in United States, 23.L. 4,
000 to 8,000, North, 27.6; South, 87.3;
Wr-est, 50.7; in United States, 36.7. In
corporated places of les3 than 4,000,
North, 2719; South; 44.4; West, 46.5; in
United Staters, 33.0. Rural, North; 1.2;
South, 17.9; West, 22.0: ' in United
States, 9.4. ,
; These figures, concludes the state
ment, show that the present growth of
population is a resultant in the North
of a very rapid growth of large cities,
as lower giowth of small cities, and" a
very slight growth in the country; and
a resultant in the South of a rate of
growth of larger cities below the aver
age for the country, balanced by a
striking growth of small cities ami an
Increase of rural population as fast as
the average-for the United States. -
Lee Memorial Services.
Memphis, Special. Memorial ser
vices commemorative of tho birthday
of Gen. . Robert 13. Leo, ' were -v held
throughout the South. At the Central
Methodist' church, in this city, the
Rev. W. K. Piner took as the text of
his sermon, "Tho Soldier." Fifteen
hundred people listened to ( Mr.
Piners eulogy of the dead chief tain.-
Syrian Koobc a.
Kirksville, Mo., Special. I. Solo
mon a Syrian, living at Keokuk, la.,
was held up Sunday night , and robbed
of a. money belt containing ?8,500.':
kuk and was looking for a location:
here Two fellow country men have
been arrested for the robbery. Solo
mon says one bf them held: him white
the other cut the belt from his "waisU
The money has not been recovered.