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Hi! ' f. Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. - i VOL XI. COLUMBUS, N. C THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1906. ' ' : ' NO.47." V n Ill HI 1 Items of Interest From Many Parts of the State MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS Happenings of More or Less Import ance TohTin Paragraphs- The Cot ton Markets. Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid 1- wagons. i oud middling. ....... ....... .11 Strict middling.... ..; 10 3-4 Middling 10 3 i(od middling tinged. . . . . . . .10 3r4 Stains..".. .. .. . . ... . ..9 to 9 7rS General Cotton Market. tia Ives ton firm. . New Orleans steady . Mobile, steady. . Savannah steady.. Wilmington' steady. Norfolk, quiet. ... . ..10 3-4 ..10 1-2 .10 7-1G .,10 3-8 ..10 3-8 ..10 3-4 ..10 7-3 ...10.05 ...11.05 ...11.30 . .10 3-4 .10 1-16 ..10 3-4 ...10 7-8 'Baltimore nominal.. ;Xew York steady,. . Boston steady.. Philadelphia firm. . ..Houston, steady. . . .Augusta, steady. . i Memphis, steady. . . I Sr. Louis dull. . . : Louisville lirm. .. J..11 Brought 122,000. Winston-Salem, Special. The fur niture plant in North Winston own ed by the Winston Furniture Com pany, was sold at auction and was hid of! by Mr. B. F: Huntley for $22, The sale includes besides the factory,' machinery and site, all the lumber in stock. Mr. Huutlev savs i hat "he and his associates in the deal will renovate the plant and put it in operation, as early as practicable. Huntley, Hill & Stockton and Mr. K. J. Reynolds, will compose the stock holders of the new concern, which will be incopo rated. The' name 'chos en is the B. F. Huntley Furniture Company. Swedes to Asheville Region. Asbeville, Special. A statement is- ucd by the Asheville board of trade announces the completion of-negotia- lions whereby three or four hundred Swedish colonists will be brought from the East to settle in this section i ; of the State. Colonists belong to the Swedish Lutherar. denomination, and fliey will have a resident pastor in i he person of Rev. W. Edlund, who has been here for some time, making preparations for the corning of his e.ountrymen. The colonists will en i:age principally iu. sheep raising and agricultural pursuits. irvgllioi W. msid-Caro ur,-lsildluu Young Lady Suicides. Caroleen, Special. After a search of nearly three days the dead body ..'- .Miss Tice Huntley, who mysteri ously disappered Tuesday morning was found in the mill pond here af- i r it had been let off. The, dead girl w;i.s 21 years of age, a daughter of Lorenzo , Dow Huntley, and was em ployed as a weaver 'in.-the Caroleen "ttou. Mills. Miss Tice, whose pa- H uts live in the country, boarded wth nee grandmother, Mrs. Kebecca Mode, .near the mill. She worked in the mill against the wishes of her parents. Pardon , Refused Bishop. Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn lias declined to grant a pardon to A. L. Bishop, the Virginia traveling man who was convicted of manslaitsh ter at Charlotte in 1903 and sentenced to the -penitentiarv for five vears Hishop Mas calling on the daughter of Thomas Wilson, Avheu Wilson appear ed and ordered him to leave the house, lustead of leaving there was j a fight in which Wilson was killed. The wife of the prisoner presented the appli cation lor the pardon. For Closer Relations. Charlotte, Special. A conference of delegates from all branches of the Presbyterian and Reformed churches in America in an effort to bring about closer relations began here. Rev. John Preston Searle of New Brunswick, "N. J., presided over the sessions,' which were held in the. First Presbyterian eliurch. ' ORK OF CONGRESS What is Being Done Day by Day By the National House and Senate. V Tillman Reports Rate Bill. The Senate continued consideration of the railroad question by listening to the. reading of a report on the House bttl by Mr. Tillman and to a speech on that measure by Mr. Nel son.. .' Mr. Tillman 's report wa's read at the request of Mr. Aldrieh, who said that he was curious to hear the opin ion of the South Carolina Senator. Brief attention was civen to the message of the President transmitting the letter to the Secretary 0f. Wai relative tothe recent Moro battle. Mr. Bacon spoke of the killing of the Moros as " slaughter' ' and Mr. Lodsre deprecated criticism until the facts should be known The House resolution giving the inter-State commerce; commission au thority to administer oaths in nn- icction with its investigation of char ges of discrimination made against railroads was adopted without report ing to the formality of requiring its reference to committee. Mr. Stone's resolution directing an inquiry into the Postoffice Department rulings on the admission of college publications to the mails as second class matter al so was adopted. . A large number of private pension bills and some other semi-private bills were passed. MR. TILLMAN'S REPORT. The report of Mr. Tillman embodied the first clear and concise statement of the differences concerning court re view features and other , proposed amendments that had made a unani mous report from the committee im possible. Without hesitancy, the Senator de clared it to be his belief that the bill should be amended, but that amend ments should not be of a character to impair or prevent the accomplishment of the objects of the legislation, which are set forth best, he says, in the President's message to Congress. He emphasized the need of regarding the measure as non-pa rtisian, but predict ed that the issue created will be para mount in the next presidential elec tion. Mr. Tillman prefaced his report by speakimr of the peculiar circumstan ces ruling the committee's actions on the House bill, which made it an cm barrassing task to submit views that Avould be concurred in by the com raittce as a-whole. AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUA TION. 1 1 Instead of bein? amended in com mittee as is usual," the report saic! "so as to command as a whole the endorsement and support of a maiori ty of its members, the bill was brought into im ceuaT.G m a lorm not entirely satisfactory to more than two mem hers. . ' '-'This lack of-harmony amonjr the supporters of the bill it would- be speaking with more accuracy to say the supporters of the policy involved in the bill brings about the anomal ous situation iu which a member of the minoritv party in Congress is pu in ehanre in the Senate of proposet legislation which is generally regarded throughout the country as the cherish ed , scheme of the Presidents with whose general policy and - principles th.at member is aot in accord. At the same time the bill is desijmated to carry into effect ' his own long cherished convictions andthe thrice reiterated demands of the party to which he belongs. ' , Emohasizimr the claim that this condition is without precedent m leg islative history, Mr. Tillman says it brings into "prominence the fact that the legislation is non-partisan and is so reeognizezd as a result of the un animous support. given it -by the mi nority in the. House and the few op posing only seven in . that entire bodv. PUBLIC DEMAND PASSIONATE. There would follow a "cyclone of passionate resentment, " said Mr. Till man, in predicting what would be the result of failure on the part of Con gress to meet the widespread demand for railroad rate legislation. He de clared that "woe will be the har vest" of any member cf theSenate or House whose work in formulating a hill to regulate railroads lacks earn estness or honesty of purpose and who shall seek to belittle the question, or kill the bill by subterfuge and decep tion. The constitution gives to Con gress the power to regulate the rail roads, he contended and there are many wrongs to right. STILL FIGHTING THE TRUST North Carolina Farmers' Protective Association Passes Resolutions Af ter Hard Fight to Build Factories and Warehouses Officers Elected. Durham, Special The adjourned session of the North Carolina Farmers Protective Association was held here Saturday. As expected the principal work of the convention was the fight that came about over the proposition o establish tobacco factories to fight he trust. The main resolution of' the convention, which brought about a hard fight, was as follows: "1. Re solved, that we proceed at once to the work of organization and the solicit ing of subscriptions to stock to estab-1 lish factories and storage warehouses. 2. That we appear to all men who dra in sympathy with our efforts to obtain profitable prices for our produce " to aid us in this most important mova 3. That shares in said enterprise be fixed at $5 each. ' ' After much discus sion by edvocates and opponents, covering several nours, tne resolutions passed. Col. J. S. Cunningham addressed the gathering and plead for unanimity !! action among growers. The com mittee on by-laws and plans made its report, whiclrwas adopted. : , Othcers tor the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Col. Jno. S. Cuuninaham: T. B. Lhidsav. first vice president: J. B. Davis, second vice president; M. W. B. Veazy, third vice president; J. M. Sharp, secretary and treasurer; J. O. W. Graverly, G. G. Moore, J. L. Bailey, G. L. Allen. James A. Lons?. . Jewelry Store Robbed. Laurinbnrg, Special. Some time during the night a most daring thief t' was prepertrated at this place. The jewelry store of E. T. McCali was entered from Maiu street, when the place was well -lighted, a night watch man on duty. Jcwely, mostly watches to the value of about $125 was taken. The watches are mostly niekel-plated. of the $3 and $4 variety, and are be tween, two dozen and three dozen in number. There is absolutely no clue to who did the stealing. Entrance was made with a brick thrown through the door. -FVM. Hubbard, chief of police, will pay a reward of $20 for the capture and conviction of the party or parties who perpetrated the deed. Crushed by a Heavy Boiler. .Raleigh, Special 'hile in the act of moving a (J,000-pound boiler, at the quarry of the city of Raleigh, Messrs. Jack Weir and John Whitelaw, two old and highly respected stone masons were killed, death having come im mediately to the first and. after a short interval, to Mr. Weir. The terrible accident was the result of the breaking of a . wagon axle on wliicb the ponderous boUerVwas loaded. Mr. Weir was a native of Ireland and had for many' years -bee ti a resident of this citv. Items of State News. The Independent . Order of J. R. G id dens and Jollifee Union, incorpor ated, of Wilmington, was chartered, the objec,ts of the .concern being for charitable a-nd beeTj)lent purposes. There" is no capita'l Jstock. The in corporators are: Vieloria Lofton, Cas sie Moore, Melissa Mitchell and oth ers. Wayiiesville, Special. At a meet ing of the Haywood Countv Fair As sociation it Avas decided to hold the next annual fair on October 9-12. inelusiAe. Tlje association dias re cently been incorporated with' a cap ital stock of $10,000, 'the greater part of Avhich is already subscribed. The grounds will be extensively improved, and handsome exhibit buildings .will be erected. ; At Hendersonville Rev. Y. H. Jo'hes, a Baptist minister, Avas convict ed of criminal relations Avith Mrs. Angeline Cable and sentenced to im prisonment for one year. The Avoman was also convicted and fined $100 and costs. The steamer Christobal Colon, bound for the Isle of Pines, which was previously reported anchored off Oc racoke, N. C, with her propeller dis abled, is still at anchor there. The vessel lies near the life-saving, sta tion and is in no danger. IS hi Entire Country Feds the Force of Equinoctial Weather RAIN, WIND, SNOW AND COLD All of the United States xiast of the Mississippi in Grasp of a Storm, . With Heavy Rains in the South v and Snows in the North, and Un seasonably Low Temperatures in Both Sections. Washington, Special. The whole of , the country east of the Mississippi, river, according to reports to the -"Weather Bureau, is experiencing ef fects of the prevailing storm, with temperatures below the average for this time of the year. There have been heavy rains in the South and snow in the North. The storm began Sunday night iu the South and ex tended into New England, New York and the lower Lake region and the upper Ohio valley, where the rain turned into snoAv. The river's in the States of Mississippi, Alabama, Geor gia and the Carolhms are bank-full and stages above the danger line are expected tb-inorrow iu a majority of the big Avatenvays. The storm is expected to pass down the St. LaAvrence A'alley during the next 24 hours. i Montgomery, Ala., Special. Owing tovineessant rains, the Coosa, Talla poosa and Alabama, rivers are on a rise, and the predictions are that the waters Avill go over the danger line at Wetumpka, Montgomery and Selma. Owing to Avarnings, it is belieA-ed that cornparatiA-ely small damages will re sult. Railroad traffic has been disarrang ed by Avashouts, and at Oxmoor, on the Louisville & Naslrville Railroads, 100 feet of trestle are reported Avash ed aAvay. At Bletsher Monday morn ing a freight engine of the Mobile & Qhio Aras overturned because of the weakening of the roadbed by A7ater. State Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole said Monday that crops iu Alabama arc at least tAvo Aveeks behind as a result of the hea'y rains. Meridian, Miss., Special. During the past 24 hours Meridian and vicin ity has experienced the heaviest rain fall in many years, the total for the period beimr 5.7S inches, at Shubuta it reached 5.50 inches and at Enter prise 7.54 inches. SoAvashee Creek bounding the city on the south, is a raging torrent and spread half a mile beyond its banks. Stock and cattle are reported as droAvned in seeral places, and fences and outhouses are Avashcd aAvaA-. NoJives are reported lost as yet. Partial Tie-up in New York. NeAV York, Special. -Six inches of snow fell here Monday and for a time interfered seriously with the ser vice on all surface roads. The sub Avay Monday night was taxed more seA-erely than at any time since the tunnel was opened. The siioav storm of last Thursday had left most of the down town streets in bad condition and the added fall made heavy truck ing an impossibility. Only a few of the more important thoroughfares had been cleared Avhen Monday's storm set in. Monday night It was raining hard, Avith fair . and colder weather predicted. . i Suit Against Observer. Charlotte, Special. The -suit of Dr. A. J. McKelway for $50,000 damages for libel was called in the superior court hereV Monday, The case was made up, by. counsel and giAen to the juryi Tlie defendant Avas adjudged guilty and fined one penny and each party to pay his own -costs. Strychnine Found in Dead Womna's - .. Stomach. Fitzgerald, Special. The State, chemist, Avho made a chemical anay sis of the stomach of Mrs. Reason, Handley, states that he found strych nine, and this is supposed to haAe caused her death. Reason Handley is held in the Irwinsville jail on the charge of murder of his Avife and will be tried-at the coming term of court. Formorsa Earthquake Deadly. London, By Cable The' Daily Tel e praph 's Tokio correspondent, tele graphing concerning the earthquake Saturday morning in the- vicinity of Kagi, Island of Formosa, says the railway lines were twisted, telegraph poles throAvn doA'ii and houses des troAcd. The correspondent says that The Nichi Shimbun states that the causualties exceed 100 and that The Jiji Shimpo places them as high as 800. An official dispatch,; he adds, o f?n lonthsi nnd manv more persons mimed and '200 houses , des - troyed. COUNTRY 1 Ifi COIIRTDNCE MORE The Famous "Old Mullet" Road Has Its Day in Court Again, the Ac- , tion This Time Being Brought by a Stockholder to Secure Annulment of Lease to Howard Improvement Co. - j.:.': ,; .' ; .';. Newbemy Speeial. Suit brought by Mr Hill to effect the annul ment of the lease of the Atlantic & North Carolina, Railroad to the How land .Improvement Company was heard here before Judge B. F. Long, of btatesville. The plaintiff was rep resented by Owen H. Guion, William A.' Clark and Larry I. More. The Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad was represented 'by Col. J. -M-. Pear- sail, its general eounsel. Appearing tor the lessee, the HoAvland Improve ment Company, were ex-Goyernor C. B. Ayeock, former. State Senator F. A. Daniels, Senator F. M. Simmons and A. D. Ward. The hearing Was concluded, but no decision Was an nounced. Judge Long stated that he Avould defer the announcement of his decision for 30 days. The famous 1 Old Mullet ' ' . road again has had its day in court. Judge Purnell, of the United States Court, piit the road in the hands of a re ceiver twice during 1904. The State authorities arrested his first receiver for conspiracy, and it was the sensa tion of the hour. - A few months later another suit. Avas brought, and he ap pointed other receiA'ers. Chief Jus tice Fuller granted a supercedeas, and these receivers Avere discharged. When Go-ernor Aycock, at the re quest of practically all the stock holders, aud with almost the univer sal approA'al of the State, announced a purpose to lease the road. 'He call ed for propositions, and seAeral of them Avere made. By all odds the best one was made by Mr. R. S. HoAvland, of AsheA'ille. The most public notice Avas given and a special meeting of the stockholders AAas held for the purpose of making a leaee at More head City on1 Sept. '1st, 1904. A-spe cial train Avas run, and the largest at tendance ever known of stockholders Avas present. No one opposed the lease except Mr. Claud Foy and the county of Pamlico. " The lease Avas OA-erwhelminsrlv approved by the stockholders, and the officers and di rectors Avere ordered to execute the . OM same 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 r i . i ii.ii ii i mi i ii ii. lease, but, before signing it, the lease J . -7 o i itself, ready for execution, Avas pre sented to the stockholders, the ap proved it again, and it was executed bv the officers of the two companies, in the presence of the stockholders, and iu their meeting. Greensboro Baptist to Build. Greensboro, Special. A largely at tended congregational meeting of the First Baptist church was held Sun day Morning, , at Avhich the building committee was unanimously instruct ed to buy the Winstead property on West Market street and proceed at once to the erection of a church ac- coding to the plans submitted. Also to -sell the present church building on West Washington street. The new. church will be one of the largest and handsomest in the city and it Avill be completed in time for the next Bap- tist State Convention,. Avhich is to oe held here next fall. $25000 Fire at Milton. The large plant of the Milton Rol ler Mills, located on the outskirts of Mi'lfnn inrrpihor with Contents of - buildings AAere destroyed by fire Thursday night. In addition to the main building, which Avas a six-story frame structure, seAcral outhouses were destroyed by the flames. The fire Aas discovered in the wheel room and the origin is unknown. The mills Avere built about 10 years ago, and avcic OAvned by W. B. Lewis, of Danville. Officers Fired Upon Wrhileon a raid in the country near Osbomyille, Wilkes county, a feAv nights ago, revenue officers Avere fired upon by blocaders. At Hhe time of the assault Officer C. W. Carlton vras in charge of the horses, while Messrs. Vincent, Shepard and Will Hendrrx went 'on foot two of three huudred yards away, to destroy a blockade. Charter Applied For. High Point, Special A charter, foi the Best Chair Company has been ap plied for. The stockholders are Messrs. B. A. and J. T. Best and Miss Maude Best. The capitalization is $10,300 paid in. The. plant' will he located on the Bell property along the Southern Railroad, near the city water tovrer. The building Avill be 50' by 1B0 feet, two stories, iron clad with "standard fire-proof Avails. Work J on the" pl-ant will begin at an early date KILLED BY DEAD LOVER Paterson Girl ook f pison That Suicide Gave JHeu Pazzllnr Vetncs Surround the letlt of Mis Mae A:ue Mor tonratal Tanleta 1 Contained CoTroaire Sublimate. Paterson, N. J. James Boucher; a well jfenown young man of this city, and al; nephew of Dr. A. Norval, of SSI Main Tstreet, left Paterson about tAvo weeks ago for Scranton, Pa. The last person to see him as he boarded the train at the. station was Miss Mae Ag nes Morton, thev ntneteen-yearokl daughter of Alexander Morton, of 11 Madison street. Boucher and Mis Morton were sweethearts for several years. He had proposed marriage to- ner, but her father had .objected. As he stepped upon the train for Scranton he handed her a small box. 'I'm going to Scranton to kill my self," he said. "When you hear about it open this box of tablets. If yon . should think of me take some of them." Miss Morton promised that she would and they parted. . , ' The next day a dispatch from Scran ton said that Boucher had been foumi dead at the Lackawanna Hotel in that city. Heart disease was given as the cause. Miss Morton, however, believed that Boucher had committed-suicide. N She opened the box he had given her and" examined its contents. It contained half a dozen harmless looking tablets. She dissolved the six tablets in a glass of water and swalloAved the liquid. Immediately the girl was taken "ill and Dr. James Smith was called. Tha , girl didn't tell what she had done, an the physician diagnosed the case as one -of, gastritis. He prescribed for her, but Miss Morton grew rapidly worse. After four days of suffering, the physician told her she was going to die. Then she told about the tablets. "James left them for me before he went to his uoath; you will find pow der from some of them in an envelope.' The physician and the girl's father found the envelope and upon examina tion of tne contents found that she had, taken corrosive sublimate. The. physician questioned her, and she said she had swallowed the dose in entire innocence of its character. Father .Gillen. of St. Joseph's Church. was sent for, rnd when the circum-. stances were told him he accepted the girl's story and administered the last rites of the Church. In great pain the girl uied a few moments later. County Physician A. F. McBride was notified and signed a death certifi cate of suicide, but this theory was re- j jected by the church authorities, who 1 jrnvfHfu hortv a hnri.il1 from St. Jos-- n - m gavr"the Doay a eph's Church. , Miss Morton and Boucher had known each other since they had been chil dren. They attended school together i and had Deen constant associates dur- J ing the past' three or loiir years. Mr. Morton objected to the young man's attentions and on several occasions for bade his daughter to see him. When Boucher iropofeed marriage Miss Mor ton's father said he would never give his consent, and Miss Morton declined to marry without his permission. The theory in Paterson is that when Miss Morton declined to elope with. Boucher he decided to kill himself and then afford means for the girl to end her life a1 so. SENATOR DEPEW ILL AGAIN. Has Suffered a Relapse "Rest Care" May Be Continued Indefinitely. New York City Senator Chauncey M. Depew is again ill and absent from the session of the Senate. At his Wash ington home the statement U made that he is in this city, but no informa tion is forthcoming from his city house. Friends of the Senator, while admit- . ting that he has suffered ,a relapse, deny that he is at a sanitarium, but from other sources it is learned that he has been taken away from the city for " a rest. 1 By a former associate of Dr. De pew's in the New York Central dlrec- . torate the statement was made that while the Senator was not, by. any means in a grave condition at present his early recovery was not looked for,, and that it is more than, possible that the "rest cure' the patient is now tak ing will be prolonged indefinitely, with . an accompanying retirement from these duties which he has not yet in-- eluded, in his list of resignations. LONG WORTHS KING'S .GUESTS. Report That President's Daughter and . Husband Will Go to Buckingham. London. The Chronic says that . Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworttb. ' when they visit London in June, will make a stay at Buckingham Palace as -! the guests of King Edward. They win also visit the Duke and Duejhess of Marlborough, the Duke and Duches of Roxburghe and Ambassador and Mrs. Reid. ' ' " ' ; They have accepted an Invitation from the Society of American Women in London to a luncheon, v GIFT FROM MISS nELEN GOULD. Hospital of University of 'Virginia Al so il eceived $30,000 From' Chas. Steele. - Richmond. Va. Announcement wa made at the University of Virginia of two gifts aggregating $G0,O0O, one of. $50,000 from Charles Steele, of J. Pier pont Morgan & Co. a master of arts of . the uniA-ersity, and the other $10,000 from Miss Helen Gould., Both sums will be expended in tha completion of the university hospital j 1 ! f 4 Lf ( -: I
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