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Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price. Sl.00 Per Year in Arin ' " . T VOL XI. COLUMBIA, N. C, THURSDAY, AUG UST 1 0, J 905. NO. 16. - First Conference of the American INTRODUCTION BY OUR PRESIDENT Ceremony Unique in History Takes place on the Mayflower Off Oyster Bay and the President Success in Avoiding Questions of Prece dence Makes" All SmoothJapanese Arrived First and Were Presented. Awaiting the Russians in the Cabin Tiny Komura and Giant Witte Shake Hands When Presented. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Special. History was made Saturday in Oyster' Bay.. Russians and Japanese clasped nands and greeted one another with all out ward evidence of cordial.-y, and for the first time since nations began to have relations one with onother, ah Executive of a great power received the envoys of two belligerent countries on a mission of peace. President Roosevelt,on ehalf of the United States and their people, extended for mal greeting to the representatives of Russia and Japan, introduced the plenipotentiaries to one another,, and entertained them , at an elaborate luncheon, at which- .Russian and Jap anese fraternized with one another as comrades rather than enemies. PRESIDENT'S NOTABLE TOAST. During the luncheon President Roosevelt proposed a rotable toast, in which he expressed the earnest hope and prayer, in the interest not only of these two great powers, but of all civ ilized mankind, that a just and last ing peace may speedily be concluded between them." - The occasion was impressive. It was attended not by pomp and ceremony, mt by a simplic-cy and frankness chai acteristic of the President and of the people of America. Due honor was paid the distinguish ed guests of the President and of the country,' and they were received with all the dignity to which their exalted rank entitled them. The day was ideal. After the sun Lin burned away the haze of early morning, the weather was glorious. A brisk breeze just tipped the waves. of, Long Island Sound with silver, temper ing, at the same time, the heat of the sun's rays. .CHIEF ENVOYS SHAKE HANDS.. It was a notable scene as the di minutive Baron Komura shook hands with the giant Witte at the instance of the President of the United States. The greetings of the members Ci. the , two special missions were distinctly formal, but not the slightest sugges tion of enmity' was shown on either side. Neither by word nor by action did they indicate, even : by direction, anything but the utmost cordiality. Careful to avoid any strain, Presi dent Roosevelt, as soon as possible after the introductions, suggested that the party proceed to the main saloon, where luncheon was in waiting. The resident himself, leu the party, follow ed in order, by Mr. Witte, Baron Komu ra, Ambassador Rosen and Minister Takahira. Even the formation of this little procession ; involved a delicate diplomatic problem, but it was agreed that the President solved it admirably. FOES LIKE FRIENDS. Although the luncheon was served with the other guests standing, the President escorted the four envoys to chairs in one corner of the saloon, and in half a minute, through tact and del icacy, the whole party was engaged in Engineers Elect Officers. Louisville, ky., Special. The Na tional Association of i Stationary En gineers Friday elected the following officers: President, R. D. Tomlinson, Milwaukee; vice-president, Theodore N. Kelsey, Lowell, Mass.; secretary, F. W TJavPTi C.hifiasrn: treasurer. 4 Hugh Rensford, Cincinnati. The next convention of the association will De held in Philadelphia. Three Murderers Hanged. digger Murderers Hanged ; . kJaa Helena, Ark., Special. Tom Wilson, slayer of his brother, and Will Rob ertson, wife murderer, paid the penal ty for their .crimes on the scaffold In this city. Both men were negroes d both met death with perfect com posure, declaring that , they- were ready to go. Robertson's neck was woken. Wilson died of' strangula- Canto, Miss., Special. Bob Jones, a negro wife murderer, was hanged in the Jail here. ' - ; ' s Kind Ever Held On the Continent animated conversation over their dishes. The conversation was general ly in French, as Mr, Witte speaks very little English. Baron Rosen and Baron Komura chatted as if they had been life-long friends and Minister Taka hira, at one time particularly commu nicative,entered 4nto the conversation with zest and interest. Before the lnncheon had proceeded far President Roosevelt rose from his chair, and turning to the assemblage, raised his hand for silence. In an in stant there was a hush. Bowing to the envoys, President Roosevelt said: ENVOYS APPROVE TOAST. .. "Gentlemen: I propose a toast to which there will be no answer and to which I have the honor to ask you, to drink in silence, standing. I drink to the welfare and prosperity of the sov ereigns and the people of the two great nations whose representatives have met one another on this ship. It is my most earnest hope and prayer, in the interest or not only these two great powers, .but of all civilized man kind, that a just and lasting peace may speeuiiy be concludeu between them." The toast was drunk, as the Presi dent requested, in profound silence; but in' the hum of conversation which followed little was heard but enthusi astic comment upon tue character of the President's expression. Mr. Witte and Baron Komura both cordially thanked him. ONLY WITTE ARRIVED. Envoys Tardy in Reaching Ports mouth, N. H. For Conference. Portsmouth, N. H., Special. There was great disappointment in this city Monday over, the delay in the arrival of the Russian and Japanese peace en voys. The news of the postponement of the function had not reached many of the citizens of Portsmouth and its environs. Consequently, this section of Portsmouth was astir early, and by 8 o'clock every electric line c from the country was bringing many sight-seers. When the fact of the postponement be came generally known there were many expressions of disappointment but upon the circulation of rumors of the pos sible arrival of the ships most of the crowd decided to have a holiday any way. The operators in the wireless station had a very busy day trying to pick up the Dolphin which has the Japanese envoys on board. Monday night an answer to the nu merous calls was received stating that at dark the Dolphin was off Cape Cod 75 miles away. She was steaming slow ly, and those on board thought the cri- ser would reach the harbor about 9 o'clock. Mr. Witte arrived in this city Monday night from- Boston at 11:15 o'clock, coming in a special car at tached to the regular Bar Harbor ex press. He was enabled to avoid a crowd of several hundred people assembled at the railroad station through the train stopping at a crossing about a quarter of a mile from the depot. Mr. Witte was taken to the Went worth in an automobile. . Cheered Jby Russian Jews. Boston, Special. Mr. Witte, the se nior Rusian plenipotentiary, took an automobile ride about the city and vis ited Harvard University and Magnolia, the summer home of the Russian em bassay. Mr. Witte left for Portsmouth at 9:'45. Before the train left, about a hundred former residents of Russia many of them Hebrews, assembled near Mr. Witte's car and cheered him. The envoy v appeared on the rear platform and spoke in Russian in a conversa tional way for several minutes. He asked his hearers how they liked Amer ica and whether they preferred this country to Russia. Several of the au dience replied in effect that they liked America better, as there were more op portunities for advancement At the conclusion of Mr. Witte's informal re marks the crowd cheered him, which he acknowledged by removing his hat. As the train pulled out one of the He brews shouted: "Give freedom to the Jews." New Naval Commander. . .' . Washington, Special. Captain S, W. Very has been ordered by the Navy De partment to duty as commandant of the naval stations at Port Royal and Charleston, S. C, also as commandant of the. sixth naval district. The order is effective September 1st, when he will relieve Rear Admiral E. S. Prime, who recently was placed on the retired list. Little Hopes of Peace. St Petersburg, By Cable. The be lief is growing in all circles that the government is preparing the puWIc fo,r a failure pf the peace negotiaions. In the opinion of well Informed men, the pessimistic statements which have been made by Witte. Killed Business Enemy. Paducha, Ky., Special H. H. Loving, a former banker, shot H. A. Rose, a prominent lumber man, three times. Rose was killed. The men had been of fleers of a lumber company until a few days ago, when Rose was forced out under charges. It is supposed that the shooting resulted from a quarrel over business affairs. TEXTILE NEWS OF INTEREST Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and Other Manufacturing Enterprises The American. Cotton Co. .... 0 The American Cotton Co. of Greensboro, N. C, which obtained its charter of incorporation several weeks ago, has effected permanent or ganization with S. N. Cone, president ; Thomas Crabtree, secretary-treasurer, and J. H. Cutter, formerly with G. E. Dickinson of Savannah 'and latterly manager of Dickinson & Co., at Char- otte, general manager. The stock holders of the company include Messrs. W. E. Holt, Caesar Cone, Juv ius Cone and Neil Ellington, all well known to the cotton-mill men and cot ton factors throughout the South. It is stated that the company will tran sact a general cotton business, and expects to develop an extensive clien tele in . North and South Carolina. The capital stock has been placed at $250,000. The Dixie Mills Co. The Dixie Mills Co. of Paducah, Ky., has been incorporated, with cap ital stock of $100,000, by George C. Wallace, Robert B. Phillips and oth ers. .This corporation takes over the Alden Knitting Millsrwhich Mr. Wal lace and his associates have been operating under lease. The plant has ah equipment of 131 knitting ma chines and the complementary ap paratus for the production of fine gauge cotton hosiery. Mr. Phillips has been elected president ; Mr. Wal lace, vice-president ; T. L. Upton, sec retary. ' ., ,'. - A $200,000 Coton-Rope Mill. v. It is proposed to- organize a com pany with capiital stock of $200,000 for the purpose of bnilding a cotton mill at Spartanburg S. C. The plan is to erect modern buildings and in stall all the latest machinery for manufacturing rope, twine and other similar goods from the waste to be oltained from cotton yarn and cloth mills m the Spartanburg district. Peter H. Corr, a well known cotton, mill operator, Taunton, Mass., is in terested m the enterprise, but no fur ther details are ready for publication at this time. TEXTILE NOTES. A Shelby special says: "During the month more than 3,000 bales of cotton, which was held by farmers in this county, have been sold , at 10 and 10 1-2 -cents, the sell ers thereby realizing over. $160,000 Several hundred, bales still remain in the hands of the fanners, which they are holding for 11 cents. Cotton mills in this section are supplied with cotton and they are rejoicing on ac count of the fact that they are get ting remunerating prices for their product. Two of the wealthiest men in Jack son, Tenn., are now negotiating for a big cotton mill there. They state that if the negotiations are successful it will have a capital of $100,000, pos sibly more than that. Some $25,000 of Jackson money will be put into it. The promoters are from a distance and a representative has been here in conference with the two Jackson financiers. The cotton mill will be like the big one in Trenton, to manu facture sheetings. It would employ a large force of hands. Five or ten acres of ground in a convenient loca tion is necessary and the Jackson gentlemen interested are looking after that. v The Banna Cotton Mills. Messrs. C. E. Graham and R, L. Graham of Greenville, S. C, Preferred to last week as having leased the Banna Cotton mills at Goldville, N. C, "have ordered the new equipment they will add to 'that plant." This additional machinery ' will include 2500 spindles arid cardroom machin ery sufficient to take care of the new Shindies " ' A Washington, D. C dispatch of recent date says: "The officers of the cotton associa tion are not a unit in the demand for the resignation of Secretary Wilson, of tht Department of Agriculture. While Secretary Cheatham gave an interview Friday in support of the position taken by President JIarvie Jordan, declaring that Secretary Wil son is Clcompetent and ought to be removed, Col. E. S Peters, the vice president of the association, who is in Washington, ade a public state ment in defense of the Secretary of Agriculture i ; which, he said : '.The I cotton growers of the South have im " phcit confidence in him.7 , " HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE $400,000 Worth of Property Swept Away in a Few Moments ACRES OF FLAMES FOR AWHILE Fire Starting in an Old Wooden Fer V ry Boat, Swept the Docks in the Vicinity and For Three-Quarters - of an Hour Threatened All Lower Hoboken Lackawanna Railroad's t Terminals Speedily Wiped Out and Two Large Ferry Boats Ruined. - ,New York, Special. Inside of three- quarters of an hour late Tuesday night, fire swept away the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company's terminal in Hoboken, seiz ed two ferry boats and practically ruined them, and for half an hour threatened the rest of the water front in the vicinity, including the Hamburg American and North German Lloyd steamship docks, at which several big ships were lying. The loss to property is: estimated at between $400,000 and $500,000. So far as known, no lives were lost. For over an hour, huge tongues of flames leaped from the wooden struc tures on the Lackawanna docks, light ing the New Jersey and New York wa ter front. For a time it threatened a loss greater than that of the big dock fire of several years ago, when the North German Lloyd piers were de stroyed with a great loss of life. - Blazing ferry boats, cut from their docks, floating in the river, wandering fire ships, which for' a time endanger ed shipping. " BEGAN ON OLD WOODEN BOAT. The fire started on an old woolen ferry boat and, swept by a northerly breeze, communicated with the ferry house, spread -o the main building of the, Lackawanna and then to the Duke's House, a famous Hoboken hos telry. The hotel was a frame structure and was a ready-prey tor the flames. By this time the flames were spread ing in all directions, utterly beyond the 'control of the few first fire-fighters who had responded to the first alarms. Following the hotel, the structure ot 'the Public Service Corporation the' street car operating company, of Hoboken, Jersey City and near-by plac?Trwentdown before the flames. At 1 o'clock the fire was under control and the big steamship piers had been SIV6(1 600-FOOT TRAIN SHEDS SWEPT. A remarkable feature of the great blaze was that inside of 20 minutes af ter' it started it had seized upon the Lackawanna terminal and swept its 600 feet of train sheds, dooming tnem. The flames started from an un known cause on the old wooden terry boat Hopaticong, which had been tied up in the open slip between Hamburk docks and the Christopher street ferry slips. The fire was discovered about 11 o'clock. It was then leaping from the boiler room below the. main deck through, the engine room and attack ing the wooden superstructure. A watchman on the ferry dock turn ed in calls for the city department and also for the Lackawanna fire brigade Almost before the company'smen could lay a line of hose and before the city firemen could reach the scene the flames had leaped to the ferry office building between the piers and then to the brand-new ferryboat Bingham ton, which was lying in the northern slips.. Crop Expert Named. Washington, Special. P. L. Hutch ins, formerly Chief- Chemist of the State Board of Agriculture of Louis iana, who is regarded as an expert In cotton statistics, has been appoint ed by Secretary Wilson to the position of traveling inspector of the-Agrlcul tural Department in the cotton dls tricts, with the understanding that he will perform duty on the cotton crop estimating board when called upon to do so. It is understood that Assist ant Secretary Hays will not continue permanently to give personal atten tion ta .the work of the Statistical Bureau, but a successor to Mr. Hyde soon will be appointed. . It is the In tention to continue the crop estimat ing board, but not to maintain the same membership constantly. Alex. N. Bell Dead. Washington, Special.' ' Alexander Melville Bell, brother of Prof. Alexan der Graham Bell, died at the home of the latter in the 86th year of his age, from pneumonia, following an opera tion for diabetes performed last Tues day. He was born In Scotland, a son of Alexander Bell, and was one of the three generations notable because of their development of the art of in structing the deaf and dumb in meth ods of communication. Ambassador Conger Coming. ., Mexico City, Special. American Ambassador Conger and family left Friday night .for the United States, the ambassador having two months' leave of absence. He will go directly to Washington, and it is surmised he will be consulted oh "the Chinese qu6s tion. especially on the boycott. The ambassador was seven years at the Chinese court before coming to Mex ico, and is thoroughly informed on business questions involved in the present attitude of commercial hos tility on the part of the Chinese mer- chants. . PROMINENT PEOPLE. Tom Taggart says he has retired from politics. The Japanese Emperor's daily fare Is strictly Japanese. King Alfonso Is said to nave spent $20,000 in tips in London. - J. P. Morgan 4s having . his portrait painted by J. J. Shannon. August Belmont has been sued by his stable boy for $100,000. The Shah of Persia is reported as in tending to visit the United States. In spite of his years. King Leopold of Belgium is one of the most daring of men. ... . . a Dr. Hermann yon Wissmann. the African explorer, is dead at the age of mry-one. General Booth, commander of the Salvation Army, is said to be a slave to work. Edison admits that he has found ra dium a dangerous substance to experi ment with. Admiral Togo only gets $3000 a year salary, but that sum will go further in Japan than it .will in America. Rudyard Kipling used to be an ex pert at carpentering, and has success fully7 constructed many miniature ships. , .- -.; On the recent official celebration of bis birthday. King Edward conferred on his chef, M. Menager, the Victorian medal. Charles F. Murphy, head of Tam many Hall, New York City's big polit ical machine, it now as great a nabob as his predecessor, Richard Croker. John D. Rockefelleris surveying the ground for his new summer home at Buttermilk HilL across from Nyack on the Hudson. It is to cost $1,000,000. The Empress of Russia spends $10,- 000 a year on perfumes, pastes, soaps and toilet waters, which she has sent to her exclusively from the French capital. Salvation Army Girl Goes to Pen Chicago, Special. Inga Hanson, the former Salvation Army girl, convicted of perjury in connection with a per sonal injury suit brought by her against the Chicago City Railway, was taken to the penitentiary at Joliet to begin an indeterminate sentence. Since her trial several months ago, Miss Hanson has been confined in the Cook county jail hospital, claiming to be still suffering from the effects of a paralytic stroke resulting from her in juries. Considering Municipal Ownership Wilmington, Special. At Monday afternoon's meeting of the board of al dermen a resolution was adopted con templating the municipal ownership of a system of water-works here. The matter was brought up by Chairman E. F. Johnson, of. the water-works committee, who did not ask any im mediate action, but secured promise of a special meeting of the board next Monday afternoon for a full discussion and steps looking to the carrying out of the "spirit of the resolution. Business Maiv a Suicide. Columbus, Ga., Special. Blanchard F. McGeeheat, president and manager of the Columbus Paper Company and a member of a prominent Columbus fam ily, committed suicide Friday morning by shooting himself through the tem ple with a revolver. He was at home alone when the fatal shot was fired. His wife and three children survive him. No cause has been assigned for his rash act. Train Kills Three. , Huntingtbn, W. Va., Specials The Guyandotte Valley passenger train Fri day had an unlucky run from Logan, killing three men and injuring anoth er. Frank Adams was struck and killed by. the train shortly after it left Logan. Adams rompanlon was seri ously injured. John Ashan, an old man, was - killed as the train reached Bar- bcursville. He stood on the track in front of the train, thinking it ran on a'ncOcr track. While the locomotive was going to the round house in Hun- tintton, George Zirkle w.s struck and killed. ; : : . .' '' - V Poisoned Herself, and Son. V Baltimore, Special. Mrs. "Annie Whitef ord is dead and her 5-year-old I son is in a hospital suffering from the enects or cyamae oi poiassum, taken by the mother with suicidal intent and by her giving to the child with the expectation of ending his life also. A sister of the suicide was attracted by the screaming of , the suffering infant and found him writhing in agony across the body of his mother, who lived only a short time after being found. Mrs. Whitef ord, who has been separat ed from her husband for several years, was a sufferer from melancholia. Japanese Make No Comment. New York, Special At the headquar ters of the Japanese peace commission no comment was made upon the Inter view with Mr. Witte. Aimer Sato, who has met all Interviewers since the Japa nese delegation arrived in New 'York, said that Baron Komura would make no statement at this time,, and from a personal standpoint Tie (Sato) thought that to make any statement or com ment at all would be entering the con troversy prematurely. 2 The Czar of .Russia has restored to Poles the right to purchase land in the kingdom or Poland. E. P. HOWELL DEAD Popular and Useful Georgian Passes From Labor to Reward A LEADER OF SOUTHERN PROGRESS One cf the Most Potent Factors i& UpBuildin Georgia and Its Pres ent Capital After R the Civil War Dies of Carbuncle Complicated With Diabetes at the Age of 66 Confed erate Soldier, Lawyer, Publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, Director in Every .New Bailroad Built Into the City, Fosterer f of Expositions, and Recently Mayor, of Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Special Capt. Evan P. Howell, long prominently Identified with Southern journalism, died at noon Sunday, after an illness of three weeks, brought In by a carbuncle complicate ed with diabetes. ' s . - . Captain Powell was born December 10, 1839 In Milton county Ga. He was a gallant Confederate soldier, entering the service as a member of the First Georgia Regiment, later commanding Howell's Battery , of . Artillery dnrinc ' practically the whole of the war. ' ' .'. . After the Surrender he settled inAt- lanta, taking up the practice ) of th .-, law. He was one of, the ; most, potent ' factors in rebuilding' this city and la the development, of the State,;from the . - - devastation of the war. As a young lawyer he served as Solicitor General during the stormy days of the recon struction period,,, when . to his , services was largely due to sup-" presslon of the lawlessness then. . 1 v so . rife. In 1876 he ' , bought th .7 . Atlanta Constitution with Henry W. ' ' ; Grady and William A. Hemphill. Ho . retained control of this newspaper un til 1897, when he retired, and since thea has not been in active business. Captain Howell has. been prominently ; " identified with the. Democratic party ever since ' the war, having -been del. ; egate-at-large from this State to sev-,,t eral of the t national convention and, a1 , prominent " figure in' each. He served as member ot both; branches of the; Stat -. Legislature some 'years ago, but? held ..... no other political office save thatof y- . mayor of Atlanta, Jfoiv which he -wa "nominated during his absence from the community. His term of service to this office ended last year. He has been prominently Identified with every movement for the develop ment of this city and section, notably with the first Cotton Exposition in . 1882, which opened the eyes of the , country to the South's Industrial pro gress and with all the later exposi tion!. He has been a director in every new railroad built into Atlanta since the war. He was a member of the commission which built Geogia's new capitol and which performed the feat of completing its works within the orig inal appropriation and turning back: Into the Treasury a surplus. Captain. Howell was tendered a place in the diplomatic service -by President Cleve- . , land, but, declined it. He served-by appointment of ' President McKiniey upon the commission' to investigate the conduct of the war with Spain. His wife, who was Miss Julia Erwin, and seven -children survive him, among , them Editor Clark Howell. , - Bun Down After Shooting Six. T.ittlft Rock. Ark. SDecial. A snecial to The Gazette, from Lewlsville, Ark., says: - After killing two persons, seriously and nrobablv fatally shooting two others, one a woman, and less seriously shooting two more, Ike Kinney, a aes nerate nearo. was killed In a river bot tom at Dpella, six miles south of Lew- lsville, at noon Friday, 'after a not ngnt with a posse of citizens that had sur ronnderi him. His bloody record for 24 hours is: August 2 (morning), killed a negro at Stamps; August z laner noon), killed E. R. Ferguson, claim agent of the Louisiana & Arkansas. Railroad, a member of-a posse, tnree miles from Stamps; August 3 (3 a. m.) seriously shot Mrs. Stewart, pi ureens hrc Tath and her husband: August 3 (noon) ; shot Alvin Barham through the neck, and shot a finger' off xne of C. F. Nash's hands. Telegraphers' Strike. St. Paul, Minn., Special. At the end of the fourth day of he telegraphers strike on the Great Northern and the Northern Pacififlc Railroads, officers of both railroads declare that the rtrlke is; all but a closed incident, and that . than' Cft nf '(iMI t Afthe stations. ' - luau ovfc I'' . . on the Northern Pacific aJ 70 per cent.; on the Great IN on. n era are auw buji plled with agents. Officers of the Te legraphers' Union assert that the strike has not fairly begun. ; f Electrocuted in Chester. ' , Chester, S. C Special. Jno. M. -Weir, a ? flremfin on the I Southern Railway, was Instantly .killed by. an ' ! electrical current, received .... from 1 a . ' wire "rope, used for lowering and. rais tr?tW itehti Attached to a Dost at v- ' the corner of t Valley and . Gadsden, , v 'streets, Saturday " night; about' 3:XK -o'clock. 1 Weir' ahefi a; number-? of t,;.J menus naa oeeu, uisvussms ueaw . f t of Bradshawm Charlotte. and ' he " went out to the post and had a slmi- -. t Jar : experience., 's The accident occur red shortly "after "a big rain and the ' post was highly charged with elec- tricity. Weir" was about 21 years ot - aga an a was unmarneo. - v i ' 4 ' li i hi 1 ' i