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lib '1 JUUIMA 1 Three Cents tho Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XI. COLUMBUS, -N.;C., TH URSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1905. NO. 20. err RAILIVAy TO SOUTH GOAST Prospect Good For Opening a , Great Trunk Line FROM CHICAGO TO CHARLESTON Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Man agement .Announces Contemplated Great Undertaking-Rich Kentucky Coal Fields to be Traversed. New York, Special. The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton system is to have 'a through line from Chicago to Char- leston, S. C, traversing rich coal fields to Kentucky ana making the Cincin nati, Hamilton; Dayton -and Pierre jfarquette system a coal and iron ore carrying road. T President Zimmerman said: "Work has been undertaken on the construction of a bridge from -Ashe-Iand to Ironton. We propose build ing a railroad 125 miles long into Ken tucky, where we have acquired 350,000 acres of coal lands ancl will build coke ovens and other development work. We expect the output of these mines to be from two and a half to three million tons a year. "Work on improving the coal and ore docks at Toledo is under way, and re are building a fleet for carrying coal and ore on the Great Lakes." Mr. Zimmerman said the plans for financing the project had been com pleted. Birthplace of Lincoln. -j New York, Special. Abraham Lin coin's birthplace in Kentucky, which was purchased at public auction by Robert J. Collier, of this city, Is to be restored and preserved. Mr. Collier said recently that he had not decided exactly what course to pursue with regard to the estate. It could be, he said, turned over to the national gov ernment and the farm counld be main tained as a park. The surrounding eountry is beautiful and the place is not far from a railroad. Perhaps one of the patriotic societies may be inter ested enough In the property to as sume the care of it, in which case I nould make it over to such an organ! ution .The cost of maintaining the place should not be large. For Hateras Lighthouse. Washington, Special. Specifications and drawings for the light house and ration which Congress authorized Al bert Eels and associates, of Boston, Mass., to construct at Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras, N. C, were filed at the office of the Secretary of Com merce and Labor. Under the act of Con gress authorizing the construction of the light house the engineers had six months in which to file plans. The time would have expired' on September 3. The plans were referred to the govern ment light house board for approval. Fire at Efland Efland, Special. A saw mill located about three miles north of here, be longing to G. W. Albright, was de stroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. A large lot of fine oak lum ber, belonging to J. H. Slippen, of toutherlin, Va.. was also destroyed. ine fire was first seenby Rudie Hoi ly, a young man who was up during the night looking after a barn of to bacco. He aroused his neighbors but the fire was beyond control when they reached it. The loss will probably be Between $3,000 and $4,00. Georgia Railroad Project. ' Beaumont, Tex., Special. The Bainbridge & Gulf Railroad Company received a charter. The company pro poses constructing a railroad 52 miles 'ong from this pice, where It will con nect with the Atlantic . Coast Line at Bainbridge to Fairchilds, Ga., the tnattahoochee river, ultimately, It Is said, the road will be extended to some Point on the Gulf coast J. L. Hand, J. W. Everett and D. C. Barrow, of this city, are prominent among the incorpo rators. They propose beginning con struction at an early date. Korean Officer Dismissed. Seoul, By Cable. John McL. Brown, who for 12 years past has been at the head of the Korean customs, is be dismissed. This is probably due to the fact that the customs adminis tration has been undertaken bv M. Jfegata, the Japanese advisor of the Korean government, and is part of his general plan to reorganize Korean fi ance. Under the new arrangement the customs service will cease to exist as a separate organization but will be Pranged on a nlan similar to that of e' Chinese mairitlme customs. Di- l "ector- Brown improved the harbors murine nis long service m tne depart ment which was the only honestly ministered in the government. Advance Announced. Beaumont, Tes., Special. The southern Lumber Manufacturers' As sociation has announced a general ad vance of one dollar per thousand feet 011 pine. Statistical information shows z500,000 and an involuntary curtail ment in the same month of 86,000,000 '"Kt omnno mills TlamoTid la en nsk that more of the mills through- the territory are working double ""US. - FEVER CONDITIONS IMPROVED New Orleans Situation Continues to Improve Priest Goes to Patterson to Avert Italians' Threatened Riot Work of Salting Gutters Pushed in the City. New Oleans, Special. Official report to 6 p. m.: 1 New cases, 29; total to date, 2,024. Deaths. 3r total death, 287. New foci, 11. Cases under treatment, 305. , Cases discharged, 1,432. For ihe I first time . in over a month the number of new cases was in the twenties. With only three deaths, com- ciilman E. T. Dunn Is alco on the list the feeling df confidence that the fever Is being wiped out is growing. Among the new cases is that of Captain B. F. Clayton, U. S. A., the quartermaster in charge of this departments City Coun cilman E. T. Dann is also on ine list Of the deaths, one occurred at the emregency hospital. The country situation Is improving somewhat, though the discovery of new foci causes some little anxiety. The situation at Patterson where it was feared the ignorant Italians con templated trouble has developed noth ing new. No overt act has been com mitted, and it is believed that danger Is over. Father Wldman, the Jesuit priest went there Sunday and met the citizens and a number of leading Ital ians and proposes to make a perrsonal canvass of the town, to talk to every Italian, and convince him of the good intentions of the health authorities. A heavy downpour of rain prevented the mass-meeting which it was pro posed to hold here today.. Today nearly all of the dirt carts were used in the work of salting the gutters. It has been found that since the mosquletos have been deprived of their favorite breeding places, the stagnant gutters on cross streets are filled with wiggle-tails, so special ef forts are being made to render these unsuitable. Over a thousand tons of salt have been used so far and the work will continue. There is much interest In the case of Dr. Philip Berge, the physician who was arrested late Sunday night on the charge of failing to report three cases of yellow fever. He was paroled by the . inspector, but will have to answer to the charge Monday morn ing before the second recorder. : He says that he reported the cases by mail, but the Marine Hospital Service has no record of them. There has been a recrudescence at Tallulah, in Madison parish, not far from Vicksburg, three cases having been " diagnosed by Dr. Krauss, of the Marine Hospital Service. A report from Leeville, under date of "September 1, shows that there have been 312 cases there so far, and 29 deaths, with 145 cases under -treat ment To End Oil Inquiry. Birmingham, Special. H. M. Beck, of this city who is representing minori ty stockholders of the United Oil and Land Company, of Columbus, Ga., states that the flniThearing in the in vestigation proceedings against the of ficers of the company Is to be given in Columbus. Ga., on September 7. A temporary injunction has been In force since last fall which restrains the majority stockholders from disposing of the company's properties at Mokl- trick, California, in the Bakersneld district. The Associated Oil Company, which is the largest prroducer in California, now operrates wells which oil dally and the companiespra oer turn out about ,000 to 1,500 barrels of oil daily and the officers or tne Asso ciated Company are the majority stockholders in the United Oil and Land No Spread of Disease at Notehez. Natchez, Miss., Special. This is the fifth day since the promulgation of the report of yellow fever in Natchez, since which time no new cases have been re ported. All of the patients are doing well, the fever being of an exceedingly mild type. Fifty-three volunteers made a house to house, canvass and reported very littlt sickness. v Bomb Explodes in Crowd. Barcelona. Special. A bomb explod ed with terrific force Sunday afternoon on the marine parade,' which was thronged with, holiday makerrs. A panic ensued and the air was rent with shrieks and groans of the victims, who numbered 21, including -one woman, killed and five persons mortally wound ed. The bomb was conical in J shape and was covered with cement The perpetrator, of the outrage is unknown. One witnees states that early this morning a child was seen to deposit a bomb at the foot of a tree, while an other version is that the bomb was plac ed at the foot of a tree this afternoon and that the man who was seen to place it there was injured , 111 IIMIAIEIIS American Seaport Towns Seriously Menaced By the Plague 11 GETS HOLD IN GERMAN PORTS Plague Record Stands at 51 Cases . and 19 Deaths, Two Cases Existing at Hamburg, But the Greatest Danger to American Porta is Be lieved to Lie in the Austrian Port of Trieste. Berlin, By Cable. Dr. Nocht, harbor physician at Hamburg, in reply to in quiries made bv the 'press concerning cholera, telegraphs as follows: J "The transhipment of Russian emi grants having been suspended at Ham burg, further cholera infection Is im probable. - "The room companion of the first, case has a fight attack, but .otherwic all the emigrants are healthy. "Three emigrants due to sail lasi Thursday on the steamer Moltke, (for New York.) were landed and since then have been under medical obscr- vation. All are healthy. The drink ing water and the sanitary arrange ments here are faultless, and conse quently an epidemic Is unlikely. "Single Instance, naturally, In spite of the greatest care, cannot always be prevented, but no danger exists for sea traffic I am convinced that- aU- tho means for opposing the cholera are in use. Wo are going to meet the future with tranquility and we hold that Americans have no grounds for dis quietude. "NOCHT." . The opinion Js expressed in Berlin that the United States seaboard ban more to fear from emigrants shipping at Trieste than from German ports as cholera is already In Austria Po land. 'The record stands al 51 choiera cases and 19 deaths, a steady increase and a high percentage of rmortalityi The most uneasy news for America is that a second case exists at Hamburg. It was officially reported that a laborer in St George's. Hospital where the Rus sian emigrant died, has cholera, but it is added that the seizure is of a milder form than the previous ones. Two of the other fresh cases are In east Prus sia, indicating that the infected area has widened. The imperial health office, as shown by the statement made, is confident that it has the disease in hand. The most recently reported vic tims are among the Russian rivermen in quarantine. Professor Adolph Kafa, Prof. Koch's successor as head of the institute of Infectious Diseases, has gone to the Infected district to direct the measures to confinet the disease. The Institute of Infectious Diseases will be open all night examining secre tions taken from the digestive tubes of persons who have died ; under cir cumstances suggesting cholera. From time to time couriers arrive f mm some port of Germany with portions of bodies done up hermetically. The Minister of the Interior has Is sued an order covering all Prussia, re quiring physicians immediately after the death of any suspected patient to seuda messenger with sections of the almentary canal to the Institute of Infectious Diseases for through exami nation. Gets Lower Duty. Mexico City, Special In consequence of a treaty recently made between French and Mexico, the former country is now Imposing the minimum duty on Mexico coffee shipped from a Mexi can to a French port. Exports of cof fee to France show a considerable in crease at very good prices. New Casscs in Mississippi. -Jackson, Miss.; Special. Surgeon Wasdin reports three new cases of yel low fever at Gulport and states that the situation, is well in hand along the Gulf Coast. Dr. Labanon report one case cf fever at Pearlington, near the Loui siana line, and has. taken charge" as State health officer. Three new sus picious cases are under observation at Vicksburg. , 1" , - v Peppered the Bridegroom. Richmond, Va., Special. John Klnk- er was shot and painfully wounded in the left shoulder with a shotgun by W. L; Mason, at Lacross, Va., Sunday afternoon. He went" to Mason's to be married to Miss' Lula A. Hirris, who was living at Mason's. It is said Ma son had notified Klnker that he would kill him if he came on to his yard. On Klnker entering the yard, Mason fired on him twice, as above stated. Klnker was subsequently married to Miss Ha ris and is doing well. Mason is under arrest FACTS ABOUT THE RECENT WAR Interesting Sidelights and Statistics That Are Valuable. The Cause. 1. Russia's policy of playing fast and loose with her promises as to the evacuation of - Manchuria, whereby J China's sovereignty over that land was practically annulled, and the equal commercial rights therein of the rest of the world seriously threatened. 2. Russia's refusal "to recognize Ja pan's - paramount interests 1 in Korea and her own "diplomatic' moves in that peninsula, looking toward treaty rights, under which she might gain rtontrol of the port of Fusan the" more northern harbors of Vladivostok and Port Arthur having proved less serv iceable than had been anticipated. 3. Japan's 7-year-old grudge against Russia for ousting her from Port Aj thur at the close of her contest with China and (also) Russia's fatal ignor ance of Japan's preparedness and her over-confidenco in her own strength. The Duration. From February 5, 1904, to June 11, ,1905493 days. Note:: June 11 is the date on which Russia and Japan agreed to meet to consider peace. There has been no armistice since June 11, but there has been no fight ing.- ; The Results. 1. Japan has - reacquired control of Korea, establishing a protectorate, and appointing an American, Durham White Stevens, as advisor to the Em peror, Yi Heui. . 2. Japan has regained possession of Port Arthur and the Lio-Tung penin sula and has forced the return of Man churia to China with "open doors" for thetrade of the world. Japan also ac quired the northern half of Sakhalin island. 3. International law has gained a cleared . knowledge than has before been had of what constitutes "contra- hand of war" and to what lengths a ruval officer may properly go In the "right to search." Both of these ad vances were made largely through the prompt 'diplomacy of the late Secreta ry of State Hay. 4. Russia certainly will not get on the Pacific coast the "ice-free port" for which she has so long been looking. ' The Cost. " Russia had in Manchuria in Febru ary. 1904. 60.000 men. - She has since sent out to tne rront, 780.000 men. Japan Is said to have mobilized near ly 700,000 men. Total force engaged since the out break of the war (about) l,540,ouu men. Of these the killed, permanently dis abled and invalided home have been computed at 325,000; 375,000. Russians and 250,000 Japanese. Janan has suffered the loss or only one Dromment omcer. jommauuer Oda: the Russian officers of rank killed are Count Keller, General Rut kovsky: Smolensky, Rlalinkin, Tserpit- sv:-Kondratshenko,r Commander bte panofi and Admirals Makaron, Moias, Voslkersham and Without. In money, according to figures pub lished in The Gazette, ot St. Petersburg, the war has 1 cost Russia (Including property destroyed) $1,075,000,000. On the 5th of June it was estimated at Tokio that the cost to . Japan had been close in the neighborhood of 475, 000,000. Bringing the total money cost (at the agreement to peace parleys) to $1, 550,000,000. , 'Actual "Work. of Peace. . Portsmouth, N. H., Special. Actual work of drafting the treaty of Ports mouth began Wednesday. It ir. being done by Mr. De Martens and Mr. Den nison, acting as legal advisors for the respective sides. While the "bases" of peace' have been accepted by tho plen ipotentiaries, considerable detail re mains to be worked out in the elabora tion of the articles of the treaty. This is especially true in regard to the ar ticles dealing with the Chinese East ern Railway, and the surrender of the leases of the.LiaoTung peninsula and Port" Arthur and Talienwan (Dalny.) Mr. Pokotiloff, the Russian minister to Pekin, who was formerly manager of the Russo-Chineso Bank at Pekin,' and who has Intimate knewledge of all the details relating to these matters, is assisting Mr. Do Martens. A very anomalous situation exists as to the impression created by the con clusion of peace. While the outside world applauds, in Japan there is ev idently great disappointment in the terms, and in Russia, wehere it would seem that there should be uni versal rejoicing over the great diplo matic victory Mr. WItte has won, the government seems to have received it coldly. To Vote on Dispensary. Spartanburg,, S. C, Special. Super visor Miles announced that, after feel ing satisfied that the required one fourth of the qualified voters pf the county had signed the petition calling for an election on dispensary or no dis pensary, he would accordingly order an election. The. day for the same has been named, the time being Tuesday, November 14. At this time H. B. Car lisle and J. S. Turner, who were nom inated in the primary for county sena tor and coroner .respectively, will be voted on. . f I flis Efforts In Behalf of Peace Are Highly Commended BY THE WORLD'S GREAT RULERS Congratulatory Messages Pour in From All Parts of the World, Com mending Mr. Roosevelt on His Ac tion. Oyster Bay, L. L, Special. The crowned heads of the world unite with distinguished statesmen, of America and Europe in-according the glory of peace between Russia end Japan to President Roosevelt Telegrams of congratulation have been pouring in upon the President in a great flood. They came from persons of high de gree and low, from all quarters of the world. Among the first letters received was one from the King of England, as follows: "Marienbad, August 29. A. U? X 1 C9IUCUI, "Let me be one of the first to con gratulate you on the successful Issue of the peace conference, to which you have so greatly contributed. "ED WARD, . R. I." Soon afterwards a notably cordial cablegram was received from Emperor William, of Germany. It read: "Neues Palais, August 29. "President Theodore Roosevelt : "Just received cable from America announcing agreement pf peace con ference on preliminaries of peace; I'm overjoyed, and express most sincere congratulations at the great success due to your .untiring jeffortSv The whole of mankind must unite, and will do so, in thanking you for the good boon you have given . it. "WILLIAM. I. R." President Loobet, of France, extend ed his congratulations in this message: "La Bergude, Presidence, August 30. "President Roosevelt: Your-- excellency has just rendered to humanity an excellent service, for which I fecilitate you heartily. The, r.Tencn uepuouc rejoices in . tne roie bet, but the text Of his responses is this historic event "EMILE LOUBET." The President has acknowledged the messagep received from King Edward, Emperor Willlamand President Lou bet, but the text of his responses is not made public here. Then came cablegrams from diplo matic representatives of foreign gov ernments in this country From Sir Mortimer Durand, the British ambas sador; from M. Jesserand,' the French ambassador; from Mayor des Plan ches, ambassador of Italy, and from Sir Chentung, the Chinese minister. Count Cassini, who recently was sic ceeded by Baron Rosen as Russian ambassador to the United States, ca bled as follows: . "Paris, August 30. "President Roosevelt: "Profoundly happy at the result of the negotiations, which assures a peace honorable to both Nations and in which you have taken so faithful a part "CASSINI." William J. Bryan sent a message creamng the President with the peace agreement, as follows: Janesville, Wis.. August 29. "President Roosevelt:- "Accept congratulations. Your sue cessfurefforts to secure neace between Russia and Japan reflects credit on the nation. "WM. J. BRYAN." Cordial messages were xeceived also from Senators and Renresentatlves in Congress congratulating the President . ' on nis great triumph lor peace, also one from former Secretary of State jonn w. Foster. Among the scores of messages which were received by the President unaer Wednesday's date, tf&ro con gratulations from General Booth, of tne salvation Army; General King, commander-in-chief of the Grand A nnv of the Republic; from the archbishop or uanteroury; Andrew Carnegie and the latter's guests at Skibn Castle: .Among the Skibo guests. are John Mor ley. Nicholas Murrav Butler and f!nar. ies uaDney. One More Case at Natchez. Natchez,- Miss., Special. After o'clock Wednesday evening one new case of yellow fever, which was re ported convalescent, was discovered Otherwise there has been no chane-e fn the local yellow fever situation. The work of fumigation is being carried on in every home. There has been no exo dus. Only one special train left Natchez mis month. This left Wednesday nigh with 150 passenger's, v Tornado Strikes Town. Scranton, Pa., Special. A tornado occurred. in Carbondale. Some frame houses were carried 200 feet and cars were tonnled over. Manv npnni .vara injujred. but fortunately no fatalities uwjuneu.- News of the Day. It is proposed to raise three British warships sunk in the St. Clair river by.Commodore Perry, and the Cana dian Government may object. The President confered with Gener al Wood, General Davis and others at Sagamore Hill. s HI Great Activity Shown in New Enter prises and Enlargements. ".. Columbia, S. C. The fourth press cloth mill , in the United .States will be established here. Press cloth, is. . manufactured from camel's hair and mohair, and the woven cloth is used -in cotton-seed loil mills,, linseed oil mills, in wine factories and other plants where the products must be strained by pressure through fabric. This new enterprise will be an impor tant addition to Columbia 's indus tries as well as to the textile inter ests of the South, with which it may be classed . The plant at Columbia will be built by the American Press. Cloth Co., which is now being organ ized by Messrs. Benj. F. Taylor, John Jacob Seibels, E. G. Seibels,, Thomas Tayolr, Jr., and A. S. Guiguard, the capital stock to be $o0,000 to begin with. Contract has been awarded to Messrs. Waring & Co., for . the erec tion of the. necessary buildings to have a floor space of 5,000 square feet, and Messrs. Benj. F. Taylor and A. F. Parker are now in New York arranging for the purchass of the ma chinery and other mechanical equip ment that will be required. Mr Par ker will .be superintendent ot the? plant. He setablished the press-cloth mill at Houston, Texas, that being one of the three now' in operation in this, country. The other two are at Brooklyn, N. Y., and North Chelms- - ford, Mass. Magnolia, Miss. Some months ago . the Magnolia Cotton Mills- announced certains enlagements arranged for its plant, and details were made public. and recently the addition was : com- plted. It is of interest to note bnenyr what was done to affect the better ments. There has been built an ad dition which makes the company 's; main building 78 feet wide by 292: feet long, and the new machinery was; installed. This gives the mill an; 'qquipment of d0,000 spindles and 264 looms, with necessary , accrnpahymgr - marchinerj', for manufacturing sheee ings. The daily output of these goods is 15,000 yards The textile mach- -inery was furnished by the Whitin Machine Works, of Whitinsvillev Mass., and the Woonsocket Machines and Press Co., of Woonsocket, R. L The Magnolia oCton Mills corpora tion increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $200,000 in making these improvenjents. - Durham, N. C Notwithstanding" the reports that continue of a boycott on American-made goods by Chinese-v buyers, the Southern cotton mills con tinue to make shipments of their pro ducts to the Far East. This is indi cated by a dispatch from Dunn, N. C, which refers to the shipment of ' 500,000 yeards of cloth to Shanghai by the No. 2 mill of the Erwin Cotton Mills Co., of this place. The No. 2 mill is. located at Duke, near Dunn. It was planned for 70,000 spindles and 2,000 looms, but only half that equipment is in position at present, and the product is denim cloths. This is one, of several recerit instances of ; big foreign order for Southern mills. Emporia, Va. Recent reports that the Ashby Cotton Mill Co. intends to double its 5000-spindle plant have . been verified by the company. While this is the company's intention, yet contracts for the machinery, etc., will not be awarded for some time, as a water power is to be developed first. This development will consist of ob taining 400-horse power from the Me herrin river, to be transmitted by electricity. It will develop the entire, power available, and plans are now being prepared. T. Ashby Blythe of 114 Chestnut -street, Philadelphia, is president of the mill company. Textile Notes. The. Cabarrus Cotton Mills of Con cord, N.C, contemplates, building a large addition to' its plant; present equipment, 800 spindles and 542 ' looms.;- ,;x - f" ,;; . ; The Union Bleaching and Finishing Co., of Greenville, S. C., has awarded . contracts for the installation of new machinery to increase the capacity of its plant. - A . reservoir' will also be built. The Nantucket Cotton Mills - will, during the coming fall,' install J,006 additonal spindles ojL the Saco & Pet- tee make. This plant is under the management of Mr. J. S. McAlister. A movement is on foot for the or ganization of a company with capital stock of $200)00 or $300,000 for. the purpose of building a cotton mill be tween Hagan and Claxton, Ga. R. A. Scott of Hagan is interested in the enterprise and invites correspon dence for information to be addressed to him. y-:-i:'. :'- ':'':s -:,:'"'. - T. W. Brame, of Macon, Miss., is interested in plans being formulated for the erection of a cotton mill in that town. 4 J I