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P AG ES 3 TO6.- WINSBORG,4 S. C.,, WEDINESDA"Y EVENING, FEB3RUARY 5,.1902, AE 3T . TE. BIDDLE TRAGEDY Sath Mcs Lie In a !Mcst Earrz Mafher. CROWDS STOOD AROUND TLE JAIL Coroner's Inquest Develops the Fact That BEoth the Biddies Attempted Sulcide. Butler, Pa., Special.-The terrible late of the Biddles was the sole topic of conveisation here Sunday and cur lous throngs of people have been dzfy inag the sto:m, hanging about the jail entran'te in vain attempts to get in to see the bodIes (,I the dead murderers. A great deal of sympathy for the boys is expresed on all sides. and not a few of the female portio of the crowd ex pressed a desire to see what manner of a man Ed. Biddle was, that he could exert such w3nderful influence over the woman. The ja:l doo:s were closed all day and no one got in but the doztois who attended the autopsy, and the corcnccs jury. The newspaper report ers were exciuded from the inquest, which was held in the jail, and nothing ebncerning the deliberations could be learned until late in the afternoon. The testimony of all the officers concerned in the capture was taken except Rob Ray, the Butler policeman, who is sick. The testimony of Dr. R. B. Greer, who was one of the doctors who attended the Biddles, and of Sheriff Thomas R1. Hoon; was also taken. The verdiet said that Ed. Biddle came .to his death by a cevolver shot fred from a 33-calbre revolver by him self, and that Jack Biddle net his death from a gun-shot wound inflicted by the officers in the discharge of the'r lawful duty. Under the instructions of Coroner John L. Jones, an autopsy was held on both the Biddles Sunday morn Ing. Tho evidence secured by the au topsy bears out the statements that the men intended to kill themselves rather than be taken alive and that Ed. suc oeeded in his attempt, while Jack fail ed, though his life was forfeit ed. Dr. Bricker gave the following statement after the autopsy: "Jack Biddle was the worst shot of the two men, although he was in better condi tion than Ed. when the men were brought to the jail on Friday night. He bak two gun-shot wounds on the rght e i1t the regkin, of the, liver, the buszts -assing np adn gound' thet 1O-~~g no da1nge. Th6e wr removeoia Saturday. A bullet wound was fotfna $n t6d roof of the mouth, but it *as Elight and would not have caused his death. This wound was in flicted by himself with the evident in tention of killing himself. His right arm was shattered by five bullet wounds. The wound that caused his death was made by a 41.75 calitce bul let that passed through the crest of the Illium. on the right side, and passed 1>ak through the kidncy." In all Jabk suffered from nine wounds but excepting the one that penetrated the kidney, none of them -would have bcn fatal. Ed's suffering frbin his wounds --was intense. One -wound was made by Ed himself, the powder marks being visible on the skin. Death was caused by hemorrh j.ge, and the man suffered untold agon les to the lazst breath. In the opinion of the doctors who'held the autopsy, -there Is no doubt that he killed him self. The paslors in nearly all of the 'churches in Butler took occasion Sun ~day to refer to the sensational capture Friday ot Mrs. Kate Soffel and John :and Ed. Bidille, who died in the county .jail Saturday night. Rev. Fathcc- Walsh, rector of St. Paul's Roman Catholic church, who ministered to the Biddies in their dying hours, spoke tbiching ly of them to the membe-s of his par -Ish, in both masses. He touched brief ly on their statements given cut and said it was for every person to decide .for themselves as to the innocence or 'guilt of the men. When seen at his residence In the afternoon, EFathc'r Walahk said: "BesIdes the staterents given out by the Biddle boys to the newspapers and officers of Butler coun ty, both Ed and Jack Biddle mace con .fessions to me. Their confessions were full an'd complete in every particular and they will never be revealed. The poor boys died like dogs, literally rid Aled with bullets and some one should be held responsible for inhufhieae 41ons In Ehooting them when etirely -helples, unricmed and unable to make the slightcst .dc'ense or resistance." Rev. Samuel Cronin Wett, of St. Marts LEvangelical Lutheran church, criticised sev-:rely t'-e woman whom he held responsible for the whole affair. He said: "The Biddles and Mr's. Soffel made a vain flight from justice and retribv ions swiftly came upon them. The blindness and infatuatiop-,of this worman in leavik lir belovedhusband -and helpless little children for a gang of despcradoes is the worst criminal act thus far in the history of the twen ticia century." Gre-at Fire in Waterbury. Waterbury, Conn., Spec i-.'*e mest disastrous fire in the history of Waterbury broke out In the heart of the city, shortly before 6:30 Sunday evening, and at midnight was not un 4er control. A large section of the business part of the city has already been wiped out. In the high wind pre valling there is little hope of saving what still- stands In that part of the business section south of Exchange Place. -The fire originated in the up holstery department of the Reid and Hughes Dry Goods Company, and that store, as well as many adjoining build ings, are smouldering cinders. The property darnage will be over $2,000, 000. SERIOUS FIRE AT NORFOLK Many Narrow Escapes and Heavy Property Loss. Norfolk, Special.-A heap of smok ing ruins is all that remains of the Atlantic Hotel the massive Columbia office building which adjoined the hotel, the Albermarle flats and a block of stores In the center of the city. The conflagration, one of the greatest in the history of Norfolk, broke out shortly before 2 o'clock Friday morn ing, and when finally subdued over half a million dollars' worth of prop erty had been destroyed. The loss is said to be fully covered by insurance. he flames started in the Columbia, which is the largest but one of Nor folk's office builaings. It was a struc ture six stories hign and was built in 1 92 by Davis Lowenberg, its owner. The fire was first discovered at 1:53 o'clock in the morning and shorly afterward over 1,000 gallons oi whis key stored in the basement of the building exploded with terrific force, tearing out the front wall. The fire men were driven back by the explos ion and before they could get a stream of water on the flames the enire building was afire. Hardly 15 minutes later the north wall, which was over 100 feet high, fell in, completely an nihilating the home of the Virginia Club, which adjoins the buildng on the north. From the outset it was evident that the immense Atlantic Hotel was doom ed6- J. Hull Davidson, its owner, per sonally made the rounds of the rooms aid aided by his assistants, aroused every guest in the building. To this is due the fact that so far as known no lives were lost, although about 300 people were asleep in the hotel when the alarm was sounded. The little army of half dressed men and women refugees from the flames elbowed their way through the crowded streets. In -their hands they carried such small- belongings as they were able to save in'their flight. The flames soon spread to th" five-story Albe marle apartment house, opposite the Virginia Club, which was quickly de stroyed, and then to the entire block facing the Atlantic, and running from Plume to Main streets. Within an hour this block was annihilated. ^ The origin of the fire is not known. The blaze was first discovered in Brown's cafe, which occupies half of the . Cohimbia building, by. a police man who immediately sentl in the alarm. The whiskey which( exploded ~o SHotel guests escaped * though .J.'-. Ready, of Brooklyn, N.; had a closo call. The Watt, Bettew and Clay build ing was saved, although the stock was saturated by water. In the Atlantic Hotel building were the ticket offi ces of the Southern, 'Baltimore and Ohio, and Norfolk and Western Rail ways. The offices of Nottingham and Wrenn, wood and coal dealers; the Equitable Life Assurance Company; Dodson's drug store, Vermillion's liquor store, and Solomonsky's tailor in establishment. In the Columbia bui&ng were the cafes of C. R. Brown and Neddes; the offices of D. Lowen berg, the owner, and of numerous real estate firms, lawyers. physicians. architects and contractors. In the block destroyed with the Albemarle were Johnston's china store; Carey and Dan, tailors; Hatch and Dean, furnishers; Mottu, Dewitt and Co.. brokers; Stephenson and T-.aylor, bokers; the Norfolk knd Western freight department, and ther-office of the Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line. -. -The loss will approximatep4900,000, possibly half covered by insurance. The buildings burned were: Atlantic Hotel, for which, with its site, C. M. Randolph, who- is associated with R. Lancaster. recently paid $310,000. Co lumbia building, which cast $50.000. Everything in the building's offices was destroyed; los over $100,000. Albemarle apartment house, owned by George L. Arpsi valued at about $25,000; the Johnston China Company, occupied the ground floor anid ' lost $10,000. Building qwned by C. ' . Sams, valued at 12,000. Mottu, witt and Company,-bankers and ers, occupied tvio floors of this btid ing and lost valuable papers. Building owned by Mrs. Sarar Alimond, occti pied by Stephenson and .Taylor. real estate and oter tenants, loss.$10,000; buildings occupied by Hatch'- and Dean. men's furnishinegs. $15.000; L. M. Carey, merchant tailor, $10.000; L. G. .Blye, florist, and three buildings on Plume street. in the rear of the Vir gina Club, $20,000. Military A ppropriat'ons. Washington, Special.-The mlli ry pprpriation bill has been practically completed by the house committee cn military affairs and Chairman Hull will report it as soon as he returns from a trip to iowa, which he is about o t'rke. The bill carries approximately $91000,000, which is about $10.000.000, below the estimates and about $26,000, 000 below the appropriation last year, Work of Virginia Convention. Richmond, Specal.-The constitu tional convention did a good lay's work Friday. The chairman announced the appointment of Messrs. Watson and Meredith as additional members of the committee of final revision. The re port of the committee on agriculture was adopted with some additions, the most significan~t being that making the Commissioner of Agriculture elected by the people, and fixing the term of of fies at four years. Another was that striking out'the additional members of the board of agriculture and leaving it constituted as at present, except that the president of the Virginia Polytech en Insit sa1halb a member of i. SCHLEY'S APPEAL The Admiral Shows Cause Why Court Opinion Should Be Set Aside. CASE IS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED Claims That Admiral Dewey's Opin Ion Should Be Adopted -- Strong Argument Advanced. The Navy Department has made pub lic Admiral Schley's appeal to the Pfres ident, f1ied about a week ago. The De partment's "comment" will be publish ed in a day or two. Admiral Schlcy appeals to the Pres ident as the Chic, Executive and com mander-in-chief of the army and navy "vestee. with power to regulate aud direct Yhe acts of the several exect tive oleers thereof." and he asks the President to review the findings of the court. He asks this on three grounds, I In each case basing his appeal on the findings of Admiral Dewey as opposed to the majceity report. Thesa threw grounds are set out cor-npenliously the '.'petition," whi2h fills alout eIg printed pages of a pamphlet and. signed by Admiral Schley. and Messrs. Rayner, Parker and Teage. his counsel. Attahei to the r-etit are three exhibits, A, B and C made up of copious extncta fr testimony taken by the court of 1 and intended to confirm the Etat of facts made in the petitioh iselt~w this latter document the first ground of appeal is the holding of Secretary Long in his endorsement on the court's find ings that "the condu.:t of the .ourt in making no finding, and rendering no opinion on those que-stions ftha 'of command, and of credl. for h'e vic tory) is approved--indcd it could wth propriety, take no other course, evi deuce on these questions during the in quiry having been exeludedI by the court." On this poInt thei petition says that the Secretary of the Navy w 'a error In stating that tid said'&,hley was Ih 'chlez "fice the battle of Santiago, was in absolute command and was due the credIi for the victory which resulted in the total destruction of ibe Spanish ships. On th's point the petition says: "And your petitioner, 'the applicant' before said court of inqgry, now files with this petition an argui'ent,' together with a resume bf &e testimony taken due!ng the inqtiv in so far as it re et.3 to the questions as to who was in nomand at the battle of Santiago, in ,pport of ,the prcsiding officer's re gort that he acted within his authority and jurisdiction in reporting his opin on as hereinbefore set forth. and that the majority members of the said court failed in the discharge of a most impor tant duty devolving upon them under the precept in that they did not ce port their opinion upon the said tiues tion; that it was incumbent upon such majority members to consider and de terminie the said quesion for the rea son that only by so doing conM they determine the propriety ctf the conduct of the said Schley in said battle, since it being a fact that he di-1 assume command of the Am.erican forces there in engaged, his action would in the ab sence of the rigait and duty so3 to do have been highly cen-;arah!e cn:1 tipon the questions of such right and d!:ty and the propr-iety of i.Is .-mnd-Jt In the premises the sali Sebiley was entitle-1, under the precept., to a fnul!ng and an opinion from the ma~ir~ty members a well as from the minority members of thc, said court, and y->ur petit~oner re pectfully requests that the said argu ment and resume of testimony (which are attached hereto and marked 'Ex hibit A' be considered as a part of this petition and is the basis for his prayer for relief in the premises." Therefore the petitioner asks the~ President to annul Secretary Long's endcorsement on this points and tha't hne specifically approve Admiral Dewefs .*1ata.ent declaring that Schley w'ii in comoiumu. He says that only in this way can ex act justice be done him under the pre cept. The second grouJnd relates *to the alleged withdrawal of the squadro-, at night from-Santiago Bay' and the char acter of the blocarde and the ]:rOpriety of Commodore Schley's conduct in the premises. This was one oi the pointS upon which Admiral Dawey.specifically disented. fhe petition recites the find ings of -:he court to the efle.'t that the lying squadron did not withdraw at night, and declares that, by this state ment, the court obviated the necessity of the pr-ess opinion as to whether or not a close, adequate blockade was eb tablishcd, and the propriety of Commo dore Schley's conduct in the premises. It is decided that if under this speci fcation, the eighth, more than a fana Jority of all the witnesses were exam ied and about one-third of the whole period of the inquiry was consumed In its consideration, yet, "notwithstand ing the facts herein set forth, all of which appear upon the record of the said court, the concurring members threof have railed utterly and entirely to discharge the most important duty mpnosed upon them by the terms of the said spec!fications, which duty was to report their opinion upon the questions of whether or not a close or adequate blockade of said harbor to prevent the escape of the enemy's vesselis there from were established and the propri ety of Commodore Schley's conduct in the premises. Therefore Admiral Schley asks the President to annual the Secre thry's endorsement, which makes "valid the failure of majority members thereof to report their opinion-upon that portion of the said eighth spectti cation." And it Is also asked that there be substituted therefor Admiral Dewey's holdJng "the blockade of San tiago was effective.".Other'iserthe pe titioner slates that he will be-without a finding or, opinion upon - cne of the most -leportant specifications. The third recites that Admiral Dew ey, according tc the evidence. held that "passage from Key West to Cienfuegos was made by the flying squadron with all possible dispatch, having in view the importance of arriving off Cienfue gos with sufficient coal'; that the block ade of Cienfuegos was effective, that the Adula was permitted to go in to gain information, and finally that the paisage from . Cienfuegos to a point off Santiago was made with as much disrifcin as possible, while keeping the squadron a unit." The petition states that this opinion. kana at variance In certain points with the majority opin ion. is the only one justified by the facts before the court and it Is asked thAt the Secretary's approval of the ority findings be set aside and an d in'each instance where it is at ce with Admiral Dewey's opin and that the latter's opinion d' be approved for the reasons rt set out In the bill of excep 'iledewith the Secretary of the also asked that the President 14t portion of Secretary Long's nt wbich states: "As to ,on which.the presiding member .from the opinion of the majority court, the opinlon of the majori tapproved," and that in its place he substitute and approve the declara' tion of Admiral Dewey on these poits above ieferred to, connected with%b0', passage Tcom Key West to 'Cientfn.S and thence to Santiago. The pe1o colicludes: "And your petitioner most respect fully states that only by the action for which he prays in this relation can exact justice be done him within the contemplation of the precept, under which tre- said court sat and whence it-derived-its authority." ~ * A is an tment and a re coneerning- the directed e court io 'thoroigghly inquice into all the cir cumst:n-es.Liearing upon Schley's con duct and the subject of the investiga tion. Therefore counsel hold that it is an incontestible. fact that the court was authorized to determine the- question of command at the battle of Santiago. The counsel then take up the question of fact ps to whether the court did ac tually Otertain and consider the ques tion of, command and to determine this point they- submit a grea't number of excerpts from the official rec.,r:l of the,.; court. T-hese are based -on testimo. given by many officers. Counsel argues that the points in dispute and undicided- by the court-are detrimeatal -to- the service and t0 Schley, an - hold have been settled. I couns t e up the question of the propr.. and justice of Dewey's inlon that.Commcagre Schley was in Osolute command in the-battle of San tiago and entitled .tythe credit of the gloriou vict y, and quote many, excerpts fro'm-th 'testimony to estab lish the correctness .tlils conclusion. It is recited'that S on signalled to "d:-sregard motions commander-in chief," when he started eastward that morning, thereby conferring command upon Schley., It Is asserted that the! New York 'did not reach the zone ol. last surrender of the last Spanish ships until one hour and 13.ninutes after the batte'ended, and t at 9:35 on the. morning of July New York was out of sight'of eve p of the block ading squad~ofi but , making it' im possible for her to communicate with any of them. Counsel also cite Secre- I tary Lonig's statement to the Senate that Sampsor ~was proceeding toward! Siboney, . when the Spanish ships emerged, under orders from the De partment to confer with Shafte nd it Is held that these orders det ed, him temporarily from his command so that Schley was actually in command at the battle, by virtue of his rank;' by the absence of Sampson, and, by vir tue of the fact that he was in authority as second In commard of the American forces before Santiago and as senior. line officer on the spot during every movement of actual battle, could and did exercise authority- and -command over the American- forces actually en gaged. Further argument on this ques tion of comman'd is -to the effect that Cook and Clark, the two ship captains present at the surrender of the Colon, recognized Schiey's senority, and also that Sampson's order of battle failed, entirely as soon as the Spanish sQuad ron succeeded in passing beyond the westernmost extremity of the American vessels. All of which, it is submitted goes to p'*ove conclusively that. the in dividual opinion of Dewey was emi nently proper and wholly justified by the evidence and the naval regulations. Exhibit B elaborates and sustains the statements made in the petition re specting the passage of the flying squadron from Key West to Clenfue gos. Exhibit C maintains that the major ity of the co'urt rejre.l all of Schley's testimony and of his witnesses and says: "That if this testimony was all false, they should have so aannounced and if, all or any part of it was true, the ~d applicant was entitled to the beneat of it and by declining to con 'kider tor jbass upon it they have de privei'him of his common law an-t con amntu~a1 rights IN TiE GRIP OF ICE. leIvy Jiarnage in the South Caused By Slee. COMMUNICATIONINTERFERED WITH. Teleproph and Telephone Poles and Wires Everywhere a Confused Lot of Wreckage. Little Rock, . Ark., Special.-The heaviest losses ever sustained in Little Rock from a like cause is the result of the terrle storm of sleet and cold rain which Las prevailed here for the past three days, culminating Wednesday night The business section of the city is a scene of desolation. The estimated damage will exceed $400,000, including loss to business. Main street suffereu more than any other part of the city, but residences all over town are more or lcss damaed. In some portions of the city the , legraph poles are all down, pullingtrees and wires with them and forming a congealed mass of wreckage. Street cars were run Ir regularly all day. The fall of sleet amounted to about five i-nches. Little Rock is practically shut off from the world. The Western Union lines are all down throughout the State. The Southern Telephone and Telegraph Company reports a loss of $25,006. The Little Rock Telephone Company has not a line operating in the city. Most of its wires are broken and many of its poles are down, all for four blocks on Louisiana street having fallen with a crash Wednesday morn ing. Crossed wires set fire to the office, but the flashes were easily extinguish ed. Fully 5,000 shade trees were de molished. Atlanta, Special.-This section of the country according to the Weather Bu reau, was the meeting point of a high. and low area, the former bringing a cold wave and the later rain, which produced unsettled c ditions which are expected to prevail for another day. A drizzling rain beginning early rhursday morning gave way at night to. a dense fog, whfch has interfered with all kinds of wire communication and hampered local street car traffic. river as far south-as to Chattanooga, almost par . graph wires, while snow in Texas Iso lated some part; of that State from the outside world. Southern tempera tures ranged from 16 at Asheville to 78 at Key West. Louisville, Special.-An unusually severe sl t storm prevailed through out t ' ter portion of the Ohio -iver arly Wednesday, causing delayo flroad traffic and crippling (elegraph -service. The storm began ffere at 10 o'clock Wednesday night agg*egthgt time until early Thurs-. fay 'ifet 'fei without cessation. This i was followed by rain which froze as J it fel, making locomotion for pedes- I trians and vehicles difficult. Street car traffqv was at a standstill during part of the day. The Postal Telegraph ani Cable Comnany sustained a heavy loss1 at night:- Three poles carrying Postal wirs, which were covered with .sieet, ell and the wires landed across some trolley wires. In an instant the Postal company's aperating room was full of blue flames and -then was cut off from outsde communication. I Lexington. Ky., Special.-Lexingtonh is in darkness and almost every street is blocked with fallen trees. telephons poles and tangled wires. The sleet. which began at midnight, continued - without cessation all day and this vening the snapping of trees and poles was like cannonading. The few peo ple who are out carry lanterns. The mayor ordered all electric currents ex ept those supplying street car lines, wvh ahre yet operated, cut off for saf Owensboro, Ky., special.-OwensborO Is competely hurled in sleet. The dam a~ge to. busippss interests is estimated at $76D00 Cumberland Telephone Corn pany's and Home Telephone Company's rires are broken and In the streets. Ther loss is $15,000. The electric plant I shut down and the gas plant is in b~d shape. Two Burglars K(Illed. Gallipolis. 0., Special.-'rWO burglars and cracksmlen are dead, Deupty Sher li W. S. Mannerinlg -is 'seriously in jred and Marshal Peter Fintzenwald, o Athens. is mortally wounded as the result of an attempt to rob Mrs. Mary Priest, an aged and wealthy widow of this city. The plans of the robbers had been revealed to the Athens opi cers who came here today and wlth, local officers prepared to frustrate them. The officers laid in wait at the house and upon the appearance of the robbers d battle ensued in which both were killed and the officer named wounded. Denounce Injunctionis. Indianapolis, Special.-The thirtieth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America adjourned sine die Wednesday night after selecting Indianapolis as the place for holding the convention next year. The c-nven tin adopted a ringrinig resolution against "government by -~ l'unction." e~d a re-enactment of the CnineOSeZ cuion act. SOUTIERN INDUSTRIAL New Enterprises That Are Enrddg Our Favored Section. New Rice Product. A unique plant for the manufaaur of flaked rice is being established at Goldsboro, N. C., by the Carolina Rice Mills, which company aso hai another extensive plant at Goldbor and one at Wilmington. The new pro. duct will be manufactured under a se cret process claimed to be eitirel? novel and different to any now ini us for similar purposes. The process -is to produce a thoroughly cooked fisa ready for the table in a most palatable and easily-digested form. Industrial Miscellany. The leading interests in' developizg the national oil resources.of the Bekiu, mont fields have completed arrange ments for the location of an extensive steel-tank and tank-car works at Beau mont. A site of twenty acres has beeN bought for $10,000, and the plant -will employ 2430 men at the start. A $125,006 company, now organizing, will oper't the works, whichbxill be a removal of the Penman.Tank and Boiler Works, now conducted at East Chicago. Ind., by Messrs. Penman Bros. The Messr. Penman have been secured mainl through the efforts of W. C. Tyrrell, president of the Heywood Oil Ce. - The estiblishment of another ship building plant at New Orleans -is in dicated in articles of incorporation that were granted during the current week at New Orleans. Messrs. J. S. Water man, Sam Henderson, Jr.,. William A. Wenek W. Waller Young are the incor porators, and the company is styled the. New Orleans Shipbuilding & Dockiug Co., capitalized at $5,000,000, with priv ileges' of erecting machine and repair shops, docks, wharves and other fac11P, ties for shipbuilding and repairing works. A dispatch from iBrmingham sA&s that the Southern Car & Foundau Ce has been givcn an order by the~Cn cinnati Southern Railroad Co., for 10 fat, box and coal cars, representing, m expendture of $1,250,000. The careare. to be delivered Auring net fail. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad ha. l s the cma~ an ord0er Ab Consul General Andrew -G. Der0 tt the City of Mexico has "bea' dl rected by the. United. States DeSr* nent of State to pregare areport in regard to American enterprises In Nfexico, giving the names- of com anes, firms or individuals, the bUaa mess in which they are engaged, -t - 'apital employed in' each, and other, nformation, which will be treated b, Mr. Barlow as strictly confidentiaL The past year has been financially he Liost prosperous In the history )f the Memphis Cottoi Exchange, 5a4 t began this year with a balance et ore than $1,F00. Memphis. handlef .51 per cent. of the total cotton crop f last season. The Chamber of Commerce of Elza eth City, N. C.,.has decided to ergan ze a company to operate a line of steamers between Elizabeth CIty anA oints on Albemiarle sound.. In 1901 the charter fees received b1' ie secretary of State of South Caro ia amounted to $40,583.71, more :han four times the amount reoeived n 1900. The value of the mineral prodicts t the United States In 1900 wal 1i.07.603,E06, a gain over 18S0 et 95,702,712. . Textile Notes. Norfolk (Va.) Silk Co., has deld. :o install additional looms, andth roductive capacity will probably ~bu' creased 50 per cent. by the improve ents. Company now has 325 looms. tan roduct Is made from raw silk that In ported from China and Japan. Tryon (N. C.) Hosiery Co., intends to ~xpnd $10,000 to improve and .miarge ts plant during the year. It newV him 50,000 c; ital stock and .its knitting nachines number eighty. An -additionab )ulldng, a 20-foot struture, will be ~rected to accommodate new Li-ch" ry also- a warehouse. Anniston (Ala.) Carpet tCo., naa pm' bhased 100x223-foot lot on which In erect nine double houses for the use of Lts mill operatives. Smith & Dickinsoa me contract to build the structures, ftter plans by C. W. Carlton & Co. In a recent speech In New York Mr. Laurs Loomis estimated that s.!nce the all of Pekin more than 300,000 bales of otton goods from America, chiety trom Southern mills, have been sold for hpment to China. W. H. Dustin, reported last week as to rebuild his $50,000 Eagl4 00ttoa. Mills, that was destroyed -by firs at Lawrenceburg, Tenn., has leased an dle plant to be operated while the nsw plant is under construction. T. Howard F'leming of Fairmont, W. Va. is in ' receipt of correspondones from a New York company that ge poses establishing a silk .mill at Vale mont. A free site for the bull4Knga I asked as an Inducement. Harold Doubleday of. Tryon,'N.C. has established a plant for the maa facture of the ink used tu ma. hosiery and other knit goods by .4 ducers in the mills. The.'Ink mark white on black goods.