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i. ACS V.' Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Prise, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. f ' 9 ' VOL XI. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, !90G. NO. 41. mm MILLION DOLLAR FIRE Over a Million Bushels Wheat Destroyed ' BURNING OF A GRAIN ELEVATOR Mighty Pillar of Fire by Night at East St. Louis, Entailing a Loss of Over $1,000,000, Besides Destruc tion of Near-By Stables. . East St Louis. 111., Special.The l'n ion Elevator, .containing a million bushels of wheat, was destroyed by lire, entailing a loss of more than $1, 000,000. The tire spred to the .-.tables of the St. Louis Transfer Co., and-200 horses and 200 wagons were burned, as well as the stables. The tiro started in a brick engine house :J0 feet from .the elevator. Before the arrival of the fire department the Haines had spred to the elevator. As sistance was sent from St, Louis and the effects of the firemen were prin cipally directed toward preventing the lire spreading to adjoining-elevators a nd warehouses, the Union Elevator having been converted into 'furnace within a few minutes after it caught tire. - Seven dwelling houses were des-. (royed, being covered with burning i 1 by the explosion of four tanks The occapants of the houses escaped unhurt. - The oil tanks -vhich exploded were landing nearly 400 yards north of the 'U'ator. They belined to the Watcrs-l'it't-ce Oil Company. $140,000 Tire at Valdosta, Ga. Valdosta, Ga., Special A lire start ing in the paint shop or the Henderson-Crawford Buggy Company caused a loss of $140,001). The property de stroyed being the paint shop of the buggy company, ineluding,the Georgia Southern Railway' freight depot, iiibt loaded cars, 16 .cottages, the Valdosta Laundry, and Armour Com pany's" ..warehouse. '-' The" heaviest losers -are the Henderson- Crnford Buggy Company, which carried a stock valued at $60,000 and occupied a t building worth $30,000. The com pany carried insurance for about two 1 birds of this loss. The railroad losses .were froin.$ir,0()0 to $20,000. Much the merchandise in the depot was carried out, though considerably' dam fiiipd. Factory Burns in New York. Xew York, Special. The six-story factory building at 307-113 Grand street as the corner of Mercer street, in the heart of the silk and linen dis trict wsa burned with a loss evceed Ing $2o0.000. Charles Schoolhouse & Sons, manufacturers of ribbons, !! $100,000, fully insured, and Bern hanl, I'ilman & Company, dealers in yarns, embroideries and braids, $150, 000, partially- covered b insurance. The tiro was spectacular, bursting from all the windows within a few minutes alter the first alarm was sounded. So many thousands. of peo )o, were attracted to the scene that i'olice reserves from eight down-town 'precincts had to be summoned. A li reman and a policeman were sligtly hurt. . Not Half Over at Savannah. Savannah, Ga. Special The Greene and Gaynor trial, will enter upon its iifth week and the introduction of n'oeumentary evidence vill be con linued! It is ejected that the week may see the close of evidence along this particular subjects of contracts, which has been followed for the, last few days, and that witnesses may be wamined touching the 'character of l he work done in the river and harbor improvements. The progress, of the ti'iid continues slow and it is not be lieved to be half over. . . Tierce Rioting in Paris Church. 1'aris. Bj- Cable. As a net result of rioting though the inventory was tak 'n in but one church, that of St. I'ierre-Groseaillou, over 50, persons were severely injured and a further onsiderablo number slightly injured. The latter included a number of police' and lire men, who were almost blinded with cayenne jwpper. Fifty arrests wore made. Storms in North Atlantic. St. Johns', N. F., Special. The Reamer Ulunda. Captain Chambersof fho Furness-AUen Line, which sailed I'rom Liverpool January 23, for St. lohns' and Halifax, arrived here "Iter a -stormy passage. Last Sunday luring a lmrrican a member of the ';'"t;w was washed overboard and '"owned. The steamer sustained sun ''ry lf4mages from being swept by seas. The schooner Canadian, Captain Miesner, which sailed from Cadiz De ''eruber 30, for this port, also arrived bringing reports of terrible weather experienced in I he North Atlantic. CONGRESS AT WORK What Our National Law Makers Are Doing Day by Day. , The . Rata Bill. Discussion of the railroad bill con, tinued in the House. Incidental to it, two speeches, the efforts "of Mr. Camp bell (Kan.) and Martin (S. D.) took a wider range and swept the horizon of " trust evils ' ' generally. . Mr. Bartlett (Ga.) a minority mem ber of the committee reporting the bill, made a two hours' speech in which he discussed tho legal and con stitutional questions involved and ad vocated the passage of the bill as a proper remedy for art intolerable con dition. The first speech, in opposition in, the discussion, was made by Mr. Perkins (N. Y.). He based his op- fposition to government cojntrol of rctes on an inherent aversion to gov ernment conrtol of private enter prises. Red tape and fixed condition, he said Were an inseparable part of government action on any matter. " A bill was passed granting a Fed eral charter to the Carnegie Founda tion, for the advancement of teaching. The fund consists of $10,000,000, the income of which is to furnish a pen sion to retired educators. Shipping Bill in Senate. The Senate passed thirty or fortv miscellanenos bills and devoted sev eral hours to the consideration of the shipping bills. Bills were passed au- thonzing the election ot a Delegate in Congress from Alaska ; , authorizing the construction of a revenue cutter vessel for duty at Savannah, Ga. : authorizing the construction of a bridge across St. Andrew's Bay, Fla., by the Birmingham, Columbus & St. Andrews Railroad Company, and pro viding for lighthouses, fish cultural stations, etc. Most of the time devoted to the shipping bill was consumed by Mr. Penrose in a set speech in support of the measure. Mr. Tillman's resolution calling on the President to send the senate all the " letters .. from . the United States minister to- Santo Domingo to the State . Department. Jit ,1904. was refer red to the committee on foreign re lations. Mr. Tillman made no object tion, but said that he only wanted light ' as to whether Santo Domingo had been coerced into the present ar rangement. He said the newspapers had said that this was the case, while Mr. Patterson had said that the ar rangement was made at the solici tation of the Dominican government. v After Mr. Tillman had made a brief statement concerning the bills hold ing Tailroads responsible for injuries to employes, Mr. Elkins withdrew his motion for their reference to the com mittee oa the judiciary, -thus leaving them with the committee on inter State commerce. Mr. Tillman said he bad not beon aware of the frequent change of ref erence for the bills. He said that he had been instrumental in the effort to secure the change of reference be cause the inter-State commerce com mittee was so much engaged on the railroad rate question. At 2 o 'crock the shojj subsidy bill was taken up. Mr. Bacon said that he would be inclined to support, the. shipping bill if its operations were, confined to granting aid in the way of liberal mail subsidies to steamship lines between ports of the United States and other ports with which there is now no direct communication, such, for instance, as the ports of South America. He believed that such lines should be encouaged., Mr. Spoon'er suggested that the bill would afford encouragement only, to large concerns, as .vessels would receive sub sidy for but 10 years. Such vessels would then come into competition with subsidized ships, with the in evitable result, as he thought, of forc ing their scale to the larger compan ies operating subsidized vessels. Mr. Gallinger intimated a willing ness to amend the bill to meet the objection. . Mr. Penrose declared that for " 20 years after 1873 no trans-Atlantic vessels had been launched on the Del eware and that the record for thirty years was only ten while the Clyde had launched hundreds. He contend ed that American labor should be protected in the ship yards as we as in the factories. Mr. Carter expressed the opmv that the bill would, be endorsed by trie entire Rocky Mountain region. Mr. Penrose declared the report that there was a ship building trust '.-to "be ua fijnnent of the jnagmation. Col. Mo3by at White House. Washington, Special. Col. John S. Mosby, who commanded an indepen dent Confederate cavalry A'prce dur ing the Civil War, presented to the President a letter written by General Jos. Wheeler, a. week .-before his death, recommending the api-ointment of an Alabaman man to a Federal of fice. The President promised to give the matter consideration. - DEADLY EXPLOSION fire On Transport Threatened Great Destruction SUSPICION OF DANGEROUS PLOT At Pier in San Francisco, Transport v Meade s Forward "Hold Was Suf focating Furnace for Three Hours and Firemen Worked in Danger of Flames Reaching .Tons of Ex plosives. San Francisco, Special, Three men were killed and 58 injured, mostly , by suffocation, in a fire that damaged tte United States transport Meade $2,000 as she lay at the Folsom street pier Thursday morning. . For three hours after midnight, the forward hold of the big troop ship was a suffocating furnace from which firemen wer borne in an almost con tinuous stream. Relays of men1 promptly stepped forward. to take the places of those who were carried out unconscious. t Tons of high explosives were loaded in the after part of the vessel and the flxeiiien worked with the. possibility ever-before them that the flames would reach this compartment. Owing probably to the fact thaVan infernal machine, .was found in the. bunkers of the transport Thomas on her last voyage, the rumor was fir-: cuiatoa tnat a plot naa been laid to fire the Meade at sea, as she was to have departed for Manila Friday. Major C. A. Devol, chief of the trans port service, is investigating this theory with great care. He is having the cargo taken from compartment No. 2, where the fire started to ascer tain the real cause of the disaster. The flames did not spread from com partment No. 2. , Dock Captain J)cr believes that some of the officers had packed matches in their trunks and that some of these were ignited in loading. M A thousand pieces of baggags.were ruined. Trunks, 'boxes, and barrete were water-soaked or burned. Wear ing apparel and household furnishings were ruined. One officer places the damage to personal effects at $50,000. The vessel is not seriously injured and will be ready to sail for Manila on Saturday. , j For N.' & W. Stock Fraud. Knoxville, Tenn., Special. C. S. Northrop, accused of using the Unit ed States mails to defraud was bound over by the United States Court at Omaha, Neb. He gave bond in the sum of $2,000. Northrop is charged with having written letters while un oer the jurisdiction of tb Omaha court by means of which he disposed of worthless Norfolk & Western stocks Northrop, it is charged, secured in excess of $20,000 by his operations in Knoxville and Jefferson City. Some of the land which he secured on mon ey raised on alleged worthless stock was deeded back to parties involved, but in spit of this, Northrop is said to have gained several thousands. . - Order Big Advanced Lumber. Norfolk, Special. The most sen sational advances ever recorded in the price of lumber in the South At lantic States was ordered at a meet ing of the North Carolina Pine Asr sbciation here Thursday. The price on all grades of lumber was advanced $2 a thousand feet for some of the better grades and $5 on some other grades principally the lower... .' I , - - ...... . ;'-.--' . West Virginia Mine Disaster. Roanoke, Special. A report reach ed here of the terrible explosion which occurred about 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon m what is called the "Ball Knob ' ' . Mine,, -No. 2, ; one of the op erations of the .Red Jacket Coal and Coke Company, near Delorme Mingo county, W. Va. V Up to 7.30 o'clock one miner al ready dead, and three others serious ly injured, have been taken out of the shaft. The names of the victims are not yet known. : A ' The victims are believed to number many more. V ': Kills Man Found With Wife. Moultrie, Ga., Special. Dr. R. C. Lindsey, a prominent physician of this cityj returned to his home and found P. J. Williams with Mrs. Lindsey. Dr. Lindsey drew a revolver anoV opened fire upon Williams killing him mstnat ly. At a iate hour Dr. Lindsey , was still at his office and no effort to ar rest him had been made. The coroner -has ordered an inquest. SUPERINTENDENTS MEET Gather in Greensboro and Arrange a Programme. ' ' .v,. -City Superintendent Walter Thomp son, of Concord, President of the North Carolina Association of City Superintendents, through Superinten dent I. C. Griffin, of Salisbury, Sec retary, has announced the program for. the convention of the Association to be held in Greensboro, February S to 10. , , ..' ;:- ;::' -,.'....: :" 5 Former Superintendent Preston W." Search, whose reputation is national, will take part in the deliberations. He is regarded as one of 'the foremost educators, in America! : .. . A meeting of more than usual in terest is expected, and there will be a large attendance. , ; The program is as follows : Thursday, 8 p. im Opeuing ad dress Supt. J. T. Alderman. Address Supt. Bruce Cravens Sub ject: The Effect of Moral Training in the Public School on the Commu nity Life. . Discussion of Report of National Committee on History Led by Supt. R C. Brooks;' Friday Report of Committeemen High School Course of Study. ' Report of . Nature Study Commit tee. ,. ' ;s .. Address Differences in Children Former Supt. Preston ,W. Search. Discussion by Supts. F. H. Curtis and S. G. Harden. Reports from Committees on Man ual Training and Music. Business. ' " Address, Educational' Waste Prof . Ui l. FcUist. ' " . Address, Flexible Graduation Hon. Preston W. Search. Discussion, Supts. D. Matt. Thomp son, W. S. Snipes. Saturday Unfinished business. Wilson's Industrial News. Wilson, Special. From Mr. R, P. Watson, president of the Wilson To bafeco Board of Trade, we learn that during the month of January 1,200, 952 pounds of leaf tobacco were sold on . the local warehouse floors. . Dur- irg January, " last - year .139,978 pound were sold. The total sales this season to date amount to' 14, 676,555' pounds against 13,006,864 pounds for the corresponding period last year. The cotton receipts this season to date amount to 9,500 bales, which is some smaller than the re ceipts last year for same time. The total receipts this season will be , m the neighborhood of 15,000 bales, against! 17,000 last season. Husband Wins Odd Suit. Durham, Special. A most unusual case was settled by the court. This was to the title of a lot of land worth about $1,000. In 1S94 Mr. IVIcD. Til- ley and . Miss Athalia Mangum were united in marriage. The husband thourht she owneti certain property, but after the marriage he found that she hadsold it' to her brothers and sisters for $5 and love, and affection He then brought suit to recover the property and the court held that he has a right to the property, and has "I -1 T "l lT 11 . sc ordered. in noiamg inis was decided that to dispose of the proper ty -without letting her future husband know of the deal was a fraud on the marriage contract. ' ' Homicide in Kinston. , Kinston, Special. A homicide oc curred at the home of Brvant Dixo colored, near Kinston. A church fes tival was in progress at Dixon's hoiite and Will Gilbert, colored, went' there drunk 'and became diordely. Gilbert was ordered awav bv Dixon 'st wife This enraged Gilbert, who was -i the act of cutting the woman when Dixoit i Ii i . .. i i: ' snot at UUDerx, out sirucn. ms wue m the arm. Dixon again, stnkirig Gil bert in the stomach, which caused death in a few minutes. Dixon is in jail. ; Fire at Georgia Normal. . Athens, Ga., Special.-Science Hall, at the State Normal School, was com-; pletely .destroyed by fire. The build ing was the contribution of James M. Smith, Geo. Foster Peabody and the State, and was to cost about1 $30,000. It was just about completed and caught from a stove in the second story being used to dry the plastering. The- State Normal School fire brig ade and citizens attempted "to check the flames, the building being beyond the city limits. .,. The Discussion Was Spicy, y Winston-Salem, Special. At a meet ing of the. Winston aldermen appli cation was made in the name of the Winston , Distilling. Company for, li cense to operate a large whiskey man ufacturing plant in this city. After a lively and spicy discussion the ap plication was withdrawn. NORTH STATE NEWS items of Interest Gleaned From Various Sections FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE 'v,..,. . ...... ' . " :M Minor Occurrence e the Week of Interest to Tar Heels Told in Paragraphs.-. Charlotte Cotton Market. These figure!, represent prices paid o wagons: Godd middling. . . . . . . ..... 11 .... uy8 .... nya . .... n ...11 1-10 912 and 10 Strict middling. . . .. T . . . Middling. . .. , . . . . ...... Strict low middling.'. . . . Good middling tinged.. . Stains. ... .... . .... General Cotton Market. Houston steady . ... . . . . . 10 15-16 11 . 11 3-16 11 V ,11 10 10y4 10 10 11 11 11.35 11.35 11.60 Augusta quiet. ....... Memphis quiet . . .; . . . . . St. Louis dull .. . . . . . ... Louisville firm.. . Galveston quiet and steady New Orlean steady. ... Mobile steady. . ... .... . Mobile steady. ., . ..... ... Savannah quiet. Norfolk quiet. . . . .... Baltimore nominal. ... .. . New York quiet. . . . .. Boston quiet . . Philadelphia quiet. . ,. . ... . For .Executive of the Laws. Raleigh, .Special.- Governor Glenn sends the following letter to every Sheriff in the State: :; It is my duty to see that all laws are. properly exe cuted and, as ome newspapers have those arising under ti e -Watts and Ward, acts, are not being enforced by county officers, I write this personal letter . to urge . you 7 and' ;. your depn ties to do everything: irtvxoir power to rigidly and , promptly execute . all 1 ' - mi ' 1 . . : laws. j.ne oesi .way t3 suppress crime is to bring about quick detec tion and sure punishment. Counties in which peace and good order most prevail are those in w'hich officers are ihosi efficient and watchful. I would call your attention especially to sec tions 3533. 3534 and 3526 of the new code,; or chapter 498, sections 2, 5, 6, 7 and. 8, acts of 1905 setting forth your duty," and trust you will let notb ing interfere with your promptly car rying out those provisions by having warrants sworn vout and executed. "Our State was never more pros perous in its history than it is today, so let none of us, upon whom has been placed the duty of preserving or der, shirk this duty, but let us do all wb can to bring all criminals to speedy justice by offermg rewards, or by asking for requisitions from other States, when needed. I assure you, you shall have my hearty assistance in seeing that yery eitizen and com munity shall be. protected from, law lessness and violation of plain sta tues." . ; - - .' The Governor requests all newspa pers and citizens who know of any officers refusing or neglecting to dis charge their duties not tcT -pake a general reflection on all officers by saying they fail to do their duty,, but to call his attention to the officers so acting, and he will at once put the matters in the hands of the solicitor of .the district for investigation and, if found to be true, he will see that said officer is prosecuted and.punished accojaing to law. The Governor does' not tjiink it is right to make faithful officers suffer for the wrongdoing of bad-ones, hence his suggestion that charges be made special and not gen eral. . . - :. Tanners Institute Held. Currituck,. Special. A Farmers Institute has .just been held at Cur rituck Court House. There were two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternopn. Questions of inter est were discussed by Dr. Hi H. Hume, State" Horticulturist, and ,by Mr. T. B. Parker. The attendance was quite large.'' '.' ' ';' t ; " New Twin-City Concern. Winston-Salem Special Letters of incorporation have been sent to the secretary of State at Raleigh, incor porating the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company, which company will take dyer, the business of -Brown &. Williamson, tobacco manufacturers, of this city. The incorporators are Geo. T. Brown, Robert L. WiUiaml son and Walter R. Leak,, of this city. The authorized capital --stock '" is $lr 000,000, of whieh $400,000 has been paid in." ' , y ' - T ' ' ' ' ';-V- ' - -..'-::-'"' ' ' J"! This1 Is the Approved . Method. ' She runs to the gt as he comes, there to meet him; ' . . v - The joy that she feels in her smile. Is t expressed.' . With wifely vembraces she lovingly greets . y him: ; , - ;- . She knows he is - weary and needs eood resL But first, it is certain i he ought to havs dinner. . ' ; -' ,' . He'll feel, a deal "better, she's -sure, after, that. '.:. 'u The Jady is what we would all call a winner," - She knows what to do when she wants a new hat. ' She' wears his pet 'gown and.'abe'ji jmictrty rood looking: , She has. which is lucky, his favorito dish:. s . . . l The- coffee- is worthy, the ; rest of , th ' He seems to have all a mere mortal .y. could wish. She talks. to him cayly, her silvery laugh- : . ter. . - .' r Rinea out atvhis joking so ready an -.pat. He has his suspicions ef wliat she" is after. . ' But then it Is cheap at the price of a hat. ' ... . She brings Ms old jacket when dinner is ended. His- slippers and pipe, not forgetting - the match, . And when on the lounge he is fairly ex tended -r. - - ' She teU out her basket to darn and to - pktch. - 7 t Oh, synics - may sneer at the marriage -relation. But what half so sweet as that nice, cosy chat? And what does it matter if .soon conver x - satlon - - i .Insensibly turns to a new winter hat? - 5 . - : Chcago News. --. y.-.. . Sweatee . -Where the river brawls loud In the depths of the glen, ; And Hhe trees bend above, ' I can see you Again; : X can ee the blue graphs. And can hear the Etroaro call 1 . Us "away to the meadows. Where daisies are tall. ; - - v -' 'And the? cliffs are as higlr And as broken and. brown,; And the path that of old We so oft clambered down Still twists down its face . .- As it then. used to do. Past each steep where of old . I was glad to help you. And I know the huge rock Splits the torrent in two, And I know where the shallows ' Sang sweetest .to you, And I know that these mem'4C3 Are sweeter by far TWkn th4 scenes of to-day That I wander in are. Houston Post. Stories Told of . Prof. Park. Prof. Park, so long . the especial light at Andover Theological Semin ary, " when a young man studied in. Germany. . His acute mind made him ' the terror of the - prof essors. The emi nent Dr. 'Tholuck, after being : 4riTen Into a corner in aa; argument with the young American, exclaimed, "Now I am sorry tiat Columbus discovered America , . .... v When Prof. Park, at Andover, was asked by a student the reason for the tower of Pis, he quickly answered: "No doubt the contractor did not pay his men promptly, so that they were compelled to put a lean; on the tow er;" '. '1 .'.! . -''-;: ' . Prof. Park - was very particular to call his students by name. One day he met a man by the name of Jones. Not wishing to betray the fact that he could not recall his name, he said: "By the way, how do you spell your name?" ' The student with' some sur prise, exclaimed: "J-o-n-e-s. Is there any other way of spelling it?" Father is always after us children to save our money. "And do you fol low his v advice?" 'Wei did, for ii, while, but what 's the use ? y The old man borrows it all. So. 6-'06. OVER SEA HABIT Difference on This Side the Wata .'The pefsistent effect upon? the. heart of caffeine in coffee cannot but result in the gravest conditions, in time. Each attack of the drug '(and that . means each cup of coffee) weakens tle organs a little moreand the end i almost a matter of mathematical dem- ronstration. A lady writes from a "Western State: : "I ain of German descent and it was natural that I should learn at a very early age, to drink coffee. Until I wa twenty -three years" old I drank scarcely -' anything' e"lse"at my meals,; -: . ' "A ifew years ago I 'began to be af fected by a steadily increasing nervous-i ness, which etentuaily, developed into , -a distressing heart trouble that made me very ,weak and miserable.' ThcB. some three" years "ago, was added asthma in its Worst form. . My suffer- . Ingg from .these? things can be better imagined .'than described. "During all thi time ' my husband realized . more fully: than I - did ,that . . coffee ws1!!3 jurious to nie, and made every effort to make me stop. v ' ; '4FinaIIy it was decided a few months -ago, to quit the use of coffee absolute- lyr and to 'adopt Postum" Food Coffee a 'ur hot table drink. had but little Idea that it would help' me, but con sented to try it to please my husband. I nreDared it. verv carefully. xactlv ac- -cording to directions, and was delight ed with its delicious flavor and refresh ing qualities. ; - ; "Jusl so soon as the poison from the ' coffee had time to get ont of my system the nutritive properties of the Postum . . began to build me up' and I am now fully recovered from all my nervous-. ' ness, heart trouble and asthma. I glad ly acknowledge that now, for the first-- . time in years, I enjoy perfect health. , and. that I owe' it all to Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, -Mich. " ' ; ; . .There's a reason. ; Read the littlo book, "The Roaa to Weilville,'! in ptgs. ' Postum Food Coffee contains no " drugs of any description whatsoever. (