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VOL.IX.
COLUMBUS, N. C.j THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1903.
NO. 11.
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LOWELLSTRIKEENDS
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Long Fight of Milf Operatives Comes
to a Close
TEXTILE COUNCIL DECLARES IT OFF
The Strike Began on March 30th, In
volved 17,000 Workers and Cost
fUny riiliions of Dollars.
Lowell, Mass., Special. The textile
.council Sunday declared the great
strike at the Lowell mills at an end.
Every union affiliated with tht council
v.as represented and the vote was
unanimous. Mule spinners and loom
fixers were included in this vote. The
meeting lasted an hour. There was no
dissension. The sitcation was discuss
ed carefully and with no suggestion of
excitement. The vote showed every
delegation favorable to a return to
work at once. When asked for a state
ment, President Conroyi said smiling
ly: "We now worship at the altar of
defeat, but later we shall rise again
and .conquer."
Agent William Southwork, secre
tary of- the agents, said: "It will be
impossible to start the balance of the
machinery so as to employ at once all
who will come back. Running with
an ineompltte force for three weeks
has? disturbed the balance that usually
exists between stock and prices in the
various departments. A mill
depleted stock in - certain kinda of
yarn and for that reason be unable to
start all of its looms, even if the full
completement of help is available. It
is tor the selling agents and the treas
urers to decide, in view of the market
whether we shall attempt to run in
iUil. , 1
The strike besan on Marrh with nr,
involved about 17,000 operatives. ' The
nuns were shut down until June 1,
when tht? agtnts opened the gates and'
the majority of the onerntivea wont
back to work. The strike has cost in
wages about $1,300,000.
It is understood that the aeents will
take back all the old help they have
rttOm fOr and Will m aire Ttn rHanrim-no.
Trtn against the loaders of the strika
'movement. The hieh nrice of nnttnn
precluded any hope of the -success of
the strikers' demand for a 10 per cent.
War Against Mad Mullah.
SiJa, India, By Cable. Major Gen-
era Charles Comyn Egerton, who has
been in command of the Punjaub
frontier forces since 1899, has been ap
pointed to the command of the Somali
land expeditionary force which is op
crating against the Mad Mullah, su
perseding Brigadier General W. H.
-Manning. . ' . "' - ;
General Manning who took command
oT the British exuedition in Somali
land last November, after a reverse
suffered by Colonel Swayne, has not
proved successful in his" campaign.
Columns detached from the force have
been badly mauled by the Mullah's
followers, the most serious British de
feat being the ambushing of Col. Plun-
kett's flying detachment of 208 men,
'with two maxims, on April 17, when
Col. Piunkett, all his officers and prac
tically the entire force were wiped out.
The last advices received In London,
-nine 16. were to the effect that General
Manning himself was surounded and
unable to assist Colonel Cabb, whose
column was in a serious position at
Callaby, and on half rations. One of
the causes of the non-success of the
expedition has been the cowardice of
tlir? native Somalilarid regiment, of
v-hich so much was hoped when it was
formed recently. Only a few days ago
news came that the native camel corps
I'ad mutinied. The operations against
lie Mullahrwho first raised the tribes
-gainst the British in 1899, have al
ready cost $2,000,000. A desire has
Ken manifested to abandon the cam
paign, but in view of the predicament
of General Manning's forces, it has
Ken found necessary to order British
troops in India, and when they arrive
the British expedition in Somaliland
fonsist of 800 British, 1,200 Indian, and
native troops.
Safe Blower Blown Up.
Noblesville, Ind., Special. George
"Marvin, said to be from Chicago, is
the county jail here in a dying con
dition, as a result of an alleged at
tempt to. blow the safe in a general
store at Jolietville. Citizens of the
village who were awakened, by a "rer
rible explosion found Marvin lying un
conscious near the store, with one arm
blown away from his bodyr otherwise
so terrible mangled that he connot
live. When the citizens approached
another roan ran away, making his
escape. The accidental dropping of a
tan of nitroglycerine was the cause of
the explosion.
Resignation Accepted.
Rome, By Cable. The King has ai
epted the resignations of Interior
Minister Gielitti and Marine Minister
Kettele. Premier Seanardelli will takc
ine interior portfolio et ad interim,'
and Vice Admiral Merin will be Ma
rine Minister. The other ministers
nave been confirmed In their present
Positions. A royal degree was issued
today convening Parliament for Jun3
CLEVELAND NOT A CANDIDATE
New York World Publishes an Inter
view With the Exi esident
New York, Special. The World pub
lishes a dispatch from Princetion, N.
J., quoting former Presiden Cleveland
as saying:
"It is perfectly absurd to suppose
for an instant that I have any desire to
re-enter public life. Nor have I re
motely entertained the thought since I
left Washington more than six years
ago. The matter is as far from my
thoughts as it was in 1896 when all
must admit that it was not within my
hearing or sight. I have no higher
aspirations than to pass my days in
peace with my family around me and
to take no part in politics which- any
private citizen cannot take with utmost
propriety."
"I have never spoken to anybody on
the subject of a fourth candidacy. I
have never written a single political
friend one way or the other nor have I
before been written to or spoken to by
them. There is not a political leader of
any prominence endeavoring to ad
vance any movement to nominate me
in any State, so far as I have been ad
vised, nor do I anticipate that any
such effort, will bs made by any leader,
prominent or obscuie, in any locality
in the country.
"I have on several occasions within
the year undertaken to perform the
labor which usually falls to tlie private
in the rear ranks but there has not
lurked within me the hope of any re
ward save the consciousness of having
made an effort to assist in bringing
about salutary conditions in the par-1
ty."
Could Nut Agree.
Jackson, Ky. Special. The jury in
the case of Jett and White, charged
with the murder of Lawyer James K.
Marcum, was discharged, having been
unable to agree. At 8 o'clock the jury
filed into the court room and Foreman
Richard Millard said:
,"Your Honor, we find no chance of
-Coming to an agreement." t
Judge Redwine said: - .
. "I will keep you gentlemen until
Saturday night, unless you get a ver
dict sooner. There is no reason why a
verdict should not be reached in this
case."
Foreman Millard said:
''One man has as much right to his
opinion as another, and may stick to
it."
It is believed from this that there
was only one man between a verdict
and it is conceded that only one juror
then was for conviction. It is said the
question, of punishment had not been
considered. ,
Later the jury again reported that it
was unable to agree, and shortly after
9 o'clock it' was discharged, so there
will be another trial.
The dominant faction evidently ex
pected acquittal. There was at least
one juror who held out against this.
The scene after the announcement
was In no wise exciting. Some who
started to clap their hands were stop
ped by the court. The guards took im
mediate possession of the prisoners
and they were closely guarded back to
jail. People gathered around the court
house discussing the case, but there
was no disturbance or outward sign of
trouble.
Attorney Byrd, after consultation,
made a motion for a changeiof venue.
Judge Redwine refund to hear argu
ments but of his own accord changed
the venue to Cynthiana, Harrison
county, at' the next term of court.
Cynthiana is not in Judge Redwine's
district. He surprised the spectators
by at once ordering the prisoners sent
to Lexington under a detachment of
soldiers accompanied by. Elisor Jones.
The Battleship Muddle.
The battleship Galveston, which was
almost completed at the Trigg ship
yards at Richmond, Va., was seized by
.order of the State court to satisfy
creditors. A Washington special of
Friday says: The time of the cabinet
meeting was consumed In large part
bv the consideration of the legal ques
tions involved in the decision of the
United States government to disre
gard the decision of the court of Vir
ginia and seize the incomplete gun
boat Galveston at the Trigg shipyards
in Richmond.
Trains Crash.
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Bristol, Special. At the Bluff City
crossing of the two railroads at Bris
tol late Monday night a freight train
on the ' Southern . railway plunged
ttiroueh a Virginia and Southwestern
freight train. One engine was derailed
and turned over and several cars were
wrecked, i The crew of the : Southern
train Jumped to safety. No one was in
jured.
THE INVESTIGATION
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Into the Postal Frauds Made Pnblfc
By the Department .
INTERESTING FACTS GIVEN OUT
Developed That Wholesale Stealing
Has Been Going on Through ilany
Years. .'".
Washington, Special. Postmaster
General Payne's instructions t6 Mr.
Bristow, in regard to the charge of
Seymour Tolloch, former cashier of the
Washington City postoffice, regarding
the irregularities in the postal admin
istration, and also reports of the in
spection and investigation of the
Washington poestoffice by inspectors
between June 30, 1899, and July 31,
1S00, together with the transcript of
the Tulloch charges made some years
ago and the conclusion thereon then
reached by Postmaster General Charles
Emory Smith. These papers constitute
by far the most significant documents
yet made public as a result !. of . tlie
sweeping postal investigation.: The re
ports show the existence of many ir
legularities during the period in
volved. The inspector who investigated
the irregularities reports that the files
of the postoffice cashier show direct
orders from superior authority for the
disbursement of all the questionable
items cited. The inspector urged "that
the responsibility for the many illegal
appointments, the payment of two sal
aries to one and the same person and
the disbursement of the thousands of
dollars for which practically no service
was performed, should be placed where
it properly belongs and the many
abuses corrected." 1! 3'
In a summary of the several reportj
the Postmaster General says: """The
charge of Mr. Tulloch is in its essev:e
against President McKinley and Post
master General Smith. President Mc
Kinley is no longer living; Postmaster
General Smith, who carried out Presi
dent McKinley's policy, has answered
for himself. With regard to the pres
ent management of the Washington
postoffice and the conduct of any and;
all men charged with wrong-doing wna
have been in the postal service under
the present administration,' a fhcronfr
and searching investigation is now be
ing made."
The Postmaster General also says:
"It will be seen that the whole subject
was taken up by Postmaster! General
Smith and investigated by him. Ail
expenditures referred to were allowed
by the Auditorand Comptroller, with
the exception of $160."
fletcalf Dismissed, l
Washington, Special. As ' a result
of alleged indiscretion in matters. per
taining to the award of contracts for
printing the money order forms of
the government, James T. Metcalf, for
many year3 superintendent of the
money order system of the Postoffice
Department, was on Wednesday re
moved from office by the Postmaster
General. A full investigation i of the
case will be made later. The dismissal
is the result of acts of Mr. Metcalf in
opposition to the bid of Paul Herman,
of Rutherford, N. J., the lowest bid
der by $45,000 and in favor of the
next highest bidder, the Kynkop-Hallenbeck-Crawford
Company, of
New York, of which Mr. Metcalf's son
is an employe. The story is briefly told
in the letter of dismissal signed by
Postmaster General Payne. ; I
Navy Appointments.?
Washington, Special. After a con
ference with the President, Secretary
Moody announced the following ap
pointments to the navy, all of the ap
pointees being from New York: Capt.
Chas. E. Rice to be chief of bureau of
steam engineering upon the retire
ment of George W. Melville in August
next, Pay Director Henry T. Harris to
be paymaster general upon retire
ment of Rear Admiral A. S. ; Kenney,
Lieut. Col. George F. Elliott to be com
mandant of the marine corps when
Major General Charles Heywood re
tires next fall. Col. Elliott is a native
of Alabama. He is now in command
of the marine barracks at Norfolk. Z
Jews Attack an Editor.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. Kroushe
van, the -notorious Jew hater and the
-ju io . Anti-Semite orean in
cuiiui ui ---" - .
Kischineff, the Bassarabetz, the 1 ar
ticles in which are believed to have
been largely responsible for the jnas-
sacre of the Jews in Klschieff, w
attacked by a party of Jews in the
street here. He was stabbed in the
neck bv one of the Jews. The wound
is not believed " to be fatal. His as
sonant was captured and proved to be
a former student of the polytechnic
school at Kieff. r
V , Evidence Secured.
It Is now said that District iAttorney
Jerome, of ' New York, in person,
- Ti firof evidence aeainst
Richard Canfield's splendid j gambling
bouse in . iast 441a- tu ecu iobuv
in a white wig and pretending to be
an elderly visitor from California he
w-i'-o-miectnn-in the place and
.1111 enmA ft th ChlDS n
bpught on the eveaine of hlSrVlait.
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters of General Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
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Down In Dixie.
Judge Emory Sneer instructed the
Federal grand jury at Macon, Ga, to
uvesngate charges that a neonaee
system prevails in Georgia,
The jury in the Marcum mnrdM
trial, at Jackson, Ky., reported it3 in
ability to agree,vbut was sent back to
deliberate. r .
A Raten, N. M., dispatch says: "Five
men were killed by an explosion which
wrecKed mine No. 2 of the Raten final
and Coke Comnanv at niesshnpu'
N. M." ' " '
A Lexington, Va.. dispatch savsi
'The commencement exercises of the
Virginia Military Institute began Sun-
cay, ine battalion inspection was the
feature of the day. The board of vis-
tors approved the reports of the heads
of departments."
Chri3topher Davis, living near Hem
ock, Ashe countv. N. f?.. in n Riinnncp'.i
fit of Insanity is reported to have
Killed Levi Barker with an axe and
badly wounded Alfred Barker and the
wife of Davis.
At The National Capital.
It is said the President has urged
he District Attorney to expedite the
preparation of indictments in the
Postoffice Department ipgestigation.
The Attorney General has advised
Secretary Moody that, if neeessarv.
he can use force for the removal of
the Galveston from the Trlggs ship
yard, Richmond.
Booker T. Washington asked the
President's advice on Lord Gray's in
vitation, that the neero investigate
racial conditions in South Africa
At The North.
Arbitrators have settled the diffi
culty between the Webster Coal Com
pany and its employes, of Altoona,
Pa. -
The suit of Isidor Wormser to break
the Metropolitan Interurban Railway.
aeai m New York elicited some testi
mony relating to alleged blackmail.
The funeral of Miss Helen Bishon.
victim of a criminal assault, was held
m Wilmington, Del.
The third floor of a buildine in New
York occupied as a box factory caved
mj burying about 30 persons in the
debris. ;
A Glasgow, , Mont, dispatch says:
fows has reached this city that Jas.
McKinney .the. last of the Glasgow
fugitives, was; shot to death after he
had made an ineffectual attempt to
kill Miss Darnell, who had discovered
the outlaw hiding in her father's
house."
The gold output of Alaska, $40,000,-
000 per year, will be greatly increased
by the early building of a new rail
road from the southern coast at
Resurrection Bay, northward to the
Tana river, definite announcement
of which was made.liere today.
Ten thousand textile strikers in
Philadelphia held a street parade and
mass meeting.
At a celebration of Bunker Hill day
in Boston the Liberty Bell and "John
Brown's Bell" were carried in a
parade. --.
From Across The Sea,
Servia's new King is expected to
reach Belgrade on June 24.
In Russia's note of congratulation
to King Peter I of Servia he was
strongly urged to punish the assassins
of King Alexander and Queen Draga.
An explosion of lyddite wrecked
the Woolwich arsenal in England and
killed 14 persons.
Brazil and Bolivia have arranged a
'modus vivendi in the Acre dispute un
til October 1.
The Socialists', according to com
plete returns of the German elections,
elected 54 members of the "Reichstag.
Dr. Lapponi, the physician at the
Vatican, says the Pope is,, "wonder
fully well," considering his age.
, United States Ambassador Tower
will give a dinner to the German Em
peror., during the coming naval
maneuvers at Kiel, toward which port
Rear Admiral Cotton's squadron
sailed. : '.
' A Berlin dispatch says: "The United
States European Sqatidron arrived at
Nyberg, Island of .Fuen, Denmark, Sat
urday, and will remain there until
Tuesday. The warships will anchor
ft Kiel Tuesday afternoon."
MIscellrneous flatters.
Lick Observatory observers have
found that the variable star Omicron
Ceti is undergoing extraordinary
fluctuations. t J
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sage, of New
York, planned a mausoleum at Troy,
N. Y., to cost $30,000.
President Vreeland, of-the Metro
politan system, and J. H. Schiff testi
fied in New York in the suit of Isidor
Wormser r-to break the Metropolitan-
Interurban Railway deal. ;
The one hundred and forty-seventh
commencement of the University of
Pennsylvania was held in Philadel
phia.
Senator Hoar addressed the. stu
dents at the University of Iowa coin
msncement. David M. Parry, president of tb?
National. Manufacturers Association,
reports that a company Is to be
formed to insure employers against
labor strikes. V
President Roosevelt regards the
settlement of ttfe differences between
the coal miners; and the operators in
Pennsylvania i as a vindication of his
policy in intervening last year.
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The President has appointed Col.
George F. Elliott commandant of the
Marine Corps, to succeed Maj. Gen.
Charles Heywood. "
Postmaster. General Payne dismissed
from the service of the Government
James T. Metcalf, superintendent of
the money-order division of the Post
office Department. ;
The report of jFourth Assistant Post
master , General Bristow on the
charges of S. L. Tulloch against the
administration of the Washington
Postoffice was made public.
Czar Nicholas telegram to King
Peter of Servians regarded as saving
the Belgrade assassins , from punish
ment. . ".'
President Castro granted a conces
sion for parti of the Bermudez asphalt
lake to f Findlay Brown, of Philadel
Pbia. ; ! ' ,
M. Kroushevan, editor of an anti
Semitic paper at Kischeneff, was at
tacked on a street in St. Petersburg,
it is alleged by Jews.
Guilty of flurder.
Omaha; Special. The jury in the
case of Line Linnier, Company I,
Twenty-fifth
Infantry, charged with
i
the murder of Sergeant Robert Yours,
of the same company, has brought in a
verdict of murder in the first degree,
but eliminating I the "sentence of capital
punishment. Tlpe verdict under United
States laws carries with it imprison
ment for life. The killing occurred at
Fort Nlebara, Neb., April 17, 1903. ,
Serious Collision.
Boston, Special. The battleship
Massachusetts, (which left here Satur
day afternoon for New York, was in
collision, 27 miles southeast by east of
Boston lightship with the schooner,
Martha T. Thopaas, of Thomaston,
from Appalachicola, with lumber.
Captain - Watts,! of the Thomas, says
the battleship struck his schooner a
glancing blow pn the starboard side,
tearing off the tnaln chain plates, car
rying away j rails and damaging some
planking.1 j ! - .
Ex-Postmistress Arrested.
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Baltimpre. Special. Dora Campbell,
26 years old, formerly postmistress of
Maysville, Ga., i was arrested here on
the charge jbf embezzlement of postal
funds. ; She resigned her position in
Maysville, it is said, last May, and
came here .for treatment at a hospital,
where she registered as Dorothy Hrn
don. Miss Campbell is held at police
headquarters f cr , the action of the
United-States authorities. f
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Charged With Polsonine Husband.
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Knoxville, Special. James i Lovely,
a young man of LaFolette, Tenn.,
near here, died a few days ago. Some
apprehension was caused as to his
death and a pist-mortem examination
was ordered by the coronef. The
physicians reported and the jury re
turned a verdict that Lovely had died
of poison. Mrs. Lovely was arrested
The case will be taken up by the
Campbell county grand jury, now in
session. Lovely had been married but
three weeks and three days when he
died. . ! . .
Chicago1 Strike Settled.
J Chicago, ! Special. An amicable ad
Justment of the hotel and restaurant
strike here was reached and the strik
ers will return to work Friday morn
ing, after two weeks of idleness. All
differences between employer and em
ployes are to be settled by arbitration.
The obstacle, which for the past week
has prevented a settlement, the de
mand or the joint board of the strikers
that union i workers only be employed,
was waived by jthe strikers.
Convicted For Receiving.
New York!, . Special. Robert A.
Ammon was convicted-of feloniously
receiving stolen money, the proceeds
of the 250 per cent. Franklin syndicate.
The amount specifically stated n'the n
dctment was $30,500. The jury was out
just 51 mnutesi Ammon took the ver-
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dct nonchalantly. Just before he was
taken back to his cell he said: "Well,
I. have got as much nerve with me as
Miller had."
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! Sunday Riots.
Paris; By Cable. Several riots aris
ing out of collisions between clerical3
and anti-clericals are reported from
several towns, in the provinces in con
nection' with religious processions. 1 At
Brest ani anti-clerical mob attempteii
to seize the ho$t from the ha'nd3 of the
priest as! the procession was about to
re-enter the cathedral. A free fight
ensued, in which 15 persons, mostly
women, -were injured. Less serious
troubles occurred at Nantes and Al
giers. L . ' "" -
V New Mexico and Arizona.
The population' of New Mexico ex
ceeds that cf Arizona by about 73,000
being 195,310. ; . Of that number 166
946 are white.
BURNED aTI STAKE
Fate of a Negro at WHrainftcn, De5
aware, Charged With Assault
THE WORK OF AN INFURIATED MOT
He Was Takeri.Out Ba Mob of Two
Thousand Men, Shot to Pieces and:
Body Burned. s .
Wilmington, Del., Special. A mol
of a couple thousand Monday attacked- .'
the county work house where Georga
White, , the negro, was" held ' on. s. '.
charge of assaulting and killing Helen. ;
Bishop, on Monday last. The guards
defended the place and a ' boy and o
man, members cf the mob, shot av
fusilade for a time between the men t
and the guards.4 Four members of tho'- ,
mob are said to be shot, but In the .
confusion it is impossible to obtain. the v
names except that it is known that
Peter Smith, aged 17, was shot in tne
back.. So far as known; none of the? y
guards was injured.
The negro was taken from the work
house by the mob, who started ,'witli
him for Price's corner, the scene off
the assault and murder. The mob haa
cut all wires leading to Wilmington,
which is five miles from 5 the work: . .
house and at this writing it is'difficnlt
to obtain reliable information. Ths
mob said they would burn the prison
er at Price's corner. :
, The, negro was taken to the scene of
the crime. He there confessed to hav L
ing assaulted tht girl. He was thea
burned at the stake and his body xid ,
died with bullets. V ; ;
The crime for which White was- .
lynched was one of the most revolting -in
the criminal annals of Delaware
The victim, Miss Helen S. Bishop,
daughter of the Rev. E. A. Bishop, DV ,
D., superintendent of the Ferris Indus- V
trial School, would have been 18 years
old next October. She was a student1
of the Wilmington High School; and.
was on her way home from the school
last Monday, when she was attacked!
The industrial school, which is, fontr -miles
from here, where her parents;'
made their home, is about three quar
ters of a mile from Price's corner,
where ; the girl usually left the trolley ,
car when she came from school. Late
Monday afternoon a farmer working: '
in the field saw a young woman stag-"
ger and fall in the road. She got 129
and fell again and then she tried to'
crawl. The farmer and his sons went .
to her assistance, but when they reach- ,
ed the girl she was lying unconscious
in the road. They found her to bet '
Miss Bishop. She had three ugly, gash
es in her throat, her body was torn la
many places. In one hand she clutched!
a small pen knife which she used at .
school, in sharpening pencils.' There
was every evidence that Miss Bishop
had made a desperate resistance in de
fense of her .honor and her life. Tb.9: . "
wounded girl was taken home and died
the -next afternoon without regaining;
consciousness. , :
The entire neighborhood was almcs
instantly aroused, a man hunt was
Immediately instituted. Suspicion was -soon
fastened on George F. White, a
negro, just out of the work house, and
who was engaged as a laborer on the
farm of Edward Woodward, near the
scene of the assault- White was found
in bed that same night and when tak
en into custody denitd all knowledge
of the crime. He was identified by
; several persons, who said they- saw
him in the vicinity.
A knife which Mr. Woodward saiil
belonged to him was found where the
girl was assaulted. ' The negro was
brought to Wilmington but was later
transferred to the work house, where
the police thought he would be safe-
from mob violence. 7
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flills to Shut Down.
Euf aula, Ala., Special.-Owlng to
the unsettled condition of the market
and the scarcity of cotton, the. man
agement of thevEufaula Cotton Mills"
have decided to close the plant until
September 1. During, the intervening
time the machinery will be thoroughly
overhauled.
Track Nearly Cleared.
Asheville, Special Officials . of the
Southern Railway here having' Just
come iif from the Saluda Mountain
landslide on their track near , Melrose.,
say that they ' haVe a great force off
hands at work clearing away the deb
ris. General Passenger Agent Hard
wick thinks that at the present rate4
through trains should pass the slide by
Thursday. 1
' , A Crazy Student.
Washington, Special. John H. Hen- ,
selman; Jr.,; a student at Ann-Arbor
University, who apparently is suffer
ing from bverstudy, is detained here
by the police pending the arrival of his
father from Covington, Ind. The young:
man arrived in the city and attracted
attention at his hotel by distributing,
tips of five-dollar tills to the waiters
It is understood he wrote a letter ad
dressed - to President Roccevelt
threatening that unless tho latter'a
influence was nsed to further certain,
alleged inventions and land deals of
magnitude t-vro or more nea wonlJ be
killed.