The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, March 12, 1902, PAGES 3 TO 6., Image 1
PAGES 3 TO 6. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDA - 12,1902.
KILLED IN A WRECK.
Fatal Accident on Southern Pacific
Railway,
k FIFTEEN KILLED AND MANY HURT
Many People Slaughtered Outright
Train Was Running at a riigh Rate
of Speed.
San Antonio, Tex., Special.-A brok
en rail caused a frightful wreck on the
Southern Pacific Railroad, near Max
ton station, 25 miles west of Sanderson
at; 3 .o'clock Friday morning. From the
latest accounts received here 15 people
were killed outright and 28 more or
less Injured. The dead are: Three
children, of Hart Riddle, of Chetopa,
Kan.; Estavon Contraras, Del Rio,
Tex.; Andrew C. Shelly, wife and
child, Lorier, Tex.; child of D. E. Hous
en, Racine, Wis.; Al Most, engineer,
El Paso, Tex.; W. W. Prince, engineer,
San Antonio; H. Bertschoist, fireman,
El Paso, Tex.; Chris Keel, contractor,
San Antonio; L. A. Boone, Doyline,
La.
The injured are: Mrs. Mary Koehler,
San Francisco, internal injury; A. S.
Turner, Blackhawk, Miss., hand crush-,
ed;. Mrs. E. M. Sheppard, Glenn Mills,
Pa,.bead hurt; J. Fuller, Washington,
D. C. leg and foot crushed; Mtonio
Elrio, Del Rio, Tex., internal; George
Ollenburg, Lexington, Ky., hand crush
ed: E. C. Baker, Angleton, Tex., bruis
edi Charles H. Hoy, Saii Antonio, Tex.,
both feet scalded; A. E. Massey, Wilby,
Tex., -"scalp wound; J. I. 'Taylor. Mul
berry, Kan., head injured; Mrs. Mitch
ell, Philadelphia, internally hurt; W.
P. Adam, express messenger, internal
injuries and badly scalded; Craig Bat
tleman, North Dakota, head and back
hurt;.,Biscoe, Rodriguez, Del Rio, Tex..
bruised; Lulons. Merales, Del Rio,
Slightly bruised; Antonio Dulon, Del
Rio; -bruised; M. L. Robert, residence
unknown, head' hurt; D. P. Havens, El
Paso, bruised; ~A. E. McKenzie, Saf
ford, z., slightly injured; R. J. Todd,
Frankfort,. Ky., bruised; Thos. 0
ro e .ruise bruised; Wm. Jos
, I.,~back injured; J.
K.E Taylor Birmingth; Ala., slightly
njured; Dr. G. C. Martin, Pecos City,
slightly Injured; C. W. B. Bennett, St.
Pal, Kan., bruised; W. S. Glenn,
Blackhawk, :Miss., leg broken; Mrs.
Annie Wortherst, San Francisco, leg
and hand crushed.
The Ill-fated train left San Antonio
at. noon.Thursday, 21-2 hours late, and
at:the time of the accident was run
ning at a high rate of speed in order
to. make up time. The road at the
- point where the wreck occurred is in
a rough country, the curves being sharp
and the grades 'heavy. It was when
rounding a curve that the train left
the..track, it is said, on. account of a
broken.rail. The hour was 3 a. m., fif
teen. hours after the train had left An
tonio, showing that it was still behind
time. All the passengers were asleep
and the shock that followed was the
first intimation they had of the danger.
The train was going at such a rate of
speed that the tender and engine land
e4 75 feet from where they left the
rails. The cars behind piled up against
-thengine causing a fire and all were
*cor.sumed : pt the sleepers..
S "7igns Bill.
Washingor, Special-TW Presi
/ dat has signed the bill creating a
p pranent Censuus Bureau, and the
Presid?ent, in a letter to the Secretary
of the Interior, says: "You will
please Inform the rector of the Cen
sus that his .office will continue as
heretofore, to be administered as it
has been administered, until the 1st
of July. On that day he will, with
your permission, appoint such mem
bers of the present force under him
as will constitute the permanent Cen
sus Bureau force, appointing only so
many as are to be permanently em
ployed. After that date all appoint
ments will be made under the regula
tions of the civil service.
Aid for Southern Education.
New York, Special.-Announcement
was made that there had been organ
ized in this city an association to pro
mote Southern education, to be known
as the General Education Board, and
that more than $1,000,000 had been
placed at the disposal of the board of
trustees. The underlying principle of
the association is to be the recogni
tion of the fact that the people of the
Southern States are earnestly en
gaged in the -promotion of public edu
cation and that in this effort they
should receive generous aid; and to
this end, and in pursuance of this and
kindred objects, the association will
seek gifts large and small, from sthose
in sympathy with its pla.ns.
News to Be Given Out by President.
Washington, Special.-At the :-abi
net meeting, President Roosevelt re
quested the members not to talk to
newspaper correspondents about mat
ters under discussion at the semi-week
ly meetings. It was thought best for
the President himself to make public
such matters as he deemed proper to
be given out. Hereafter the President
.EW FINANCIAL MEASURE.
Provisions of Financial Plan Intro
duced Monday.
Washington, Special. - Chairman
Fowler, of the House committee on
banking and currency Monday intro
duced an important financial measure
framed by the Republican members
of the committee after conferences
extending through the last two
months. It brings together into one
financial measure a number of propo
sitions which have been urged separ
ately heretofore. Mr. Fowler explains
the purposes of the bill as follows:
"To transfer from the government
to the banks the responsibility of
protecting the necessary gold reserve
and the burden of furnishnig gold for
export, thereby saving our commerce
from the destructive apprehensions
growing out of raids upon the gold in
the Treasury, which can now only be
replenished by a tax imposed the
people through the sale of bonds; to
provide a currency always respon
sive and adequate to the demands.-of
trade everywhere, and to equalize
and lower the average rate of in
terest in all parts of the United
States; to secure for American enter
prise and American capital the privi
leges and opportunities of engaging
in International banking under the
national law and so lay a foundation,
upon which to build an American
merchant marine; to remove the last
vestige of doubt with regard to our
standard of value.
"The measure provides for interna
tional banking, and a division of
banking and currency is established.
under a board of control,. instead of
a single individual in the person of
the Comptroller of the Currency, as
heretofore. The board will consist of
three members, whose terms of offi
ce are for 12 years, so arranged that
only one member will retire every
four years.
"If the measure now introduced
should become a law, it is confidently
believed that the national banks will
assume the current redemption in gold
coin of $130,000,000 of United States
notes. In :sideration of the obliga
tion assumed by'the, national banks,
they will have the right during the
succeeding five years, to issue gradu
ally, as business may require, an
amount of bank notes equal to 60 per
centum of their paid-up and unim
paired capital; provision being made
also for an emergency circulation. As
the notes are taken out for circula
tion the banks will deposit with the
govrenent (Ulan t
centum of the amount of the notes so
issued. The national banks hereafter
will be required to pay interest upon
government deposits at the rate of 1
per centum per annum.
"This 5 per centum guarantee fund,
and the tax upon the bank notes will
be issued to protect the bank notes..
All the excess of such taxes with the
interest on the government deposits,
will be used to pay off the United
States notes which the banks assume
to currently redeem.
"The United States will be the
clearing house district and the cur
rent redemption of bank notes, so
that the amount of notes outstanding
at any time alw,ys will be co-ordi
nated to the amount of trading, and
precisely as checks or drafts reflect
the amount of commercial work being
carried on.
.By and with the consent of the
board of control,.:the banks m-..y have
more than one place for doing busi
ness, being authorized to establish
themselves in the various cities of
the country.
"No bank note of a denomination
less than $10 will be issued, and the
Secretary of the Treasury shall not
issue a silver certificate of a denomli
nation greater than $5, and, there
after, upon the presentation to him
of 100 silver dollars, or any multiple
thereof, and a demand for their re
demption, shall 'eschange gold coin
for the same."
Fifzhuigh Lee in Boston.
Boston. -~Special.-Mayor Collins cn
tertaned General Fitzhugh Lee at an
informal luncheon Friday. Among
those present were Rear Admiral John
son, commandant of the Charle'ston
navy yard; Lieutenant Governor John
L. Bat~es, General Thomas R. Matthews,
nd General Josephus H. Whitney.
Governor Crane was unable to attend.
During the afternoon General Lee was
received by the Legislature at the State
Richmond Murder flystery.
Tcmond, Spe(lal--Wm. Clayton, a
well-known contraicting painter, was
murdered here Sunday In a manner
that thus far baffles the police. He was
found on the street in a residential
sction of the city early in the morn
ing, frightfully beaten, and died at
night without having regained con
siousness. His head was crushed and
one of his eyes almost punched out.
Clayton leaves three grown daughters
and two sons. The murder recalls the
Sott case of a few months a.go when
John W. Scott, a rich bachelor, going
home from the club early in the morn
ing, was beaten in such a manner that
he died soon afterwards. That mys
tery is s511 unsolved.
Wilson Will Not Resign.
Washington. Special.-The attention
of Secretary Wilson. of the Agricultu
ral Department, was called Sunday to
reports that- he contemplated soon re
signing from President Roosevelt s
cabinet. The Secretary treated the sub
jcet very lightly, declaring that the re
pr ot was news to him. and adding inm
rely to a specific inquiry that he had
no ItenO of taking the step sug
TilE CUBAN TROUBLE
President Anxious For Settlement o1
Reciprocity Matter
TIlE CABINET SAID TO BE DIVIDED
Many Leaders in the Councils of thi
Natioa, Call on Mr. Roosevelt Con
ceatng t"e latter.
,shi On, Specil.-Speaker Hen
d,rsQn,ap&.Representative Cannon, o
IHnb , 'called at the Whate House
Wednesday. It was relative to the sub
ject of Cutan reciprocity and the cal
led to mucn expeculative comment, al
though no definite details were avail
ab re of the conferende
A v ig-continued, prelimi:
rcaticus ,on
,d Thursda
hemosrpoe1tive claims were .
thgse opposed to RepresentatlV1
Payne's 20 per cent reciprocity' plan
that there was a clear majority againsi
It. Mr. Payne and his associates, did
not concede this much and expressed
the belief that, a concession to Cubs
would be ultimately granted. It wa;
said in this coniection that Speaker
Henderson is now favorable to the po
sition taken- by the majority on the
ways and means committee.
During the day several members o:
the cabinet were called on by Messrs
Tawney ,of the ways and means com.
mittee, who has proposed to rebate
plan as a substitute for Charirman
Payne's plan, and Morris, of - Minne
sota. As an outcome of these calls, i1
was stated that three members of the
cabinet, namely, Postmaster Genera
Payne, Secretary of the Treasury Sham
and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
were hopeful of seeing a solution of the
problem which would not endangel
any American industry. This was con
strued in some quarters to show a di
vision in the cabinet, but it was-stated
by those conversant with the situation
that the attitude of the cabinet mem
bers did not warrant any su'ch con
struction.
Ler in -M"Iff~~d preiiB tN
Tawney called at the White H'ouse and
had a conference lasting nearly 'an
hour and a half with the Pr.sident It
developed that Mr. Tawney had 'told
the President that there was little'ei
no possibility for the adoption of the
Payne plan by the Republican confer
ence and that if it was adopted some 4(
Republican members would not consid
er themselves bound and would carry
the question to the floor of the House
where there would be additional com
plications owing to the attitude of the
Democratic members.
The President is understood to have
made it clear that he had no intention
at pr'sent of sending a special message
to Congress on the subject. The Presi:
dent expressed the most earnest solict
tude that a satisfactory adjustment b<
reached by 'Congress. After hearinl
from Mr. Tawney, his associates ..x
pressed the belief that the Presiden1
wold accept the rebate proposition ij
Gdfigress would present it to him. Thel
were considerably encouraged to heal
from Mr. Tawney that the Presiden1
was not laying down any eniphatic 11
timatum in favor of the plan as pre
sented by Mr. Payne.
While these conferences were gnins
on at the White House, Chairmar
Payne and members of the ways anc
means committee supporting him were
in conference. This brought about at
change in their attitude. One of thi
members stated that he was confideni
that the Payne reciprocity propositioz
ommanded a majority of the Republi
can members, but that the minorit3
was so large and was so disposed tc
carry the contest into t.he House thai
Mr. Payne and his friends recognized
the seriousness of the situatin. How
ever, there was no disposition to ac
cept the rebate plan, as it was statec
that this was nmerely a repetition o1
the plan proposed by the head of th4
beet sugar organization two monthi
ago.
Fire at Aiken, S. C.
Aiken, S. C., Special-Flre here earl
Wednesday destroyed nine buildings
comprising a block in the centre of the
city. A gale was blowing and the
flames were fought under great diffi
cultes. There were no fatalities. Sev.
eral people who were in Sunnysidi
Sanitarium, which was among the
buildings destroyed, were injured
Their names have not been learned
but it is certain none is seriously hurt
In addition to the sanitarium the fol
lowing structures were burned: Lyce
un Hall. The Aiken Recorder 6ffiee an
the residence of Mrs. Quash, Miss Farc
and J. H. Loomis. A number of stables
were estroyed. The financial loss is
not ge.
Five Men Drowned.
S hunento, Cal.. Special-Five met
were drowned-in the Sacramesnto rive:
on Sunday. The party, consisting o
Dr. J. H. Morton, George Nunez, Clar
ence Casterson, Elmer Ivery ant
Knight Llllington, left Cortland, dowi
the river, in a small boat .early Sunda3
morning. Their boat was found in rul.
les, four miles -below Cortland. Neal
the boat the bodies of the three firs
named were found. A searching party i
SOUT HIAL
New Enrichig
An . Power.
The u> publishes
an interview B C. Hamb
ley of Gold.. dent of the
Whitney particulars of
which have eeai given in
the Maiiuac in which
Mr. Hambf e details re
garding the oposed by his
cormpai.y~ the building
of,6 3-4 m ow - under con
strucon;. et o a water
power .firest 20,000
por 11ylI to be in
hiorse-pd'
creased- .power. The
plans. iI ilding 'of 'a' dam
across ch Mr. Hambley
states wl .fe secured from
the co -f will be 1500
feet lob h' and "50 feet
As..proposed that
p04 be p00 feet long
d: )timated to
Sery figured
at $00,0 og.a.o yhas.; pur
chased the SSf,Ind in:or
der to: en tith adjacent
pr'opety for eg oute its
comprehe g t.- Included
in thig . usaner mine, on
wileh'. i reliS)Ut $250,000
have -i ing up the
'pro Rlarger de
velopm ower has
been - _ . -int aAto uti
lizeth foe rans
mission W0'.and a b of
other to lrimty. The
for this undertz ng has beel 1 4
secured in Pitts,prg, Mr. George
Whitney of--Pittgbutt being vice-presi
dent; .F.' L. ttephenson of Pittsburg,
treasurer,-and,H. I. W. Hyde of Pitts
burg, secretaF -
"- o Knitting flH!.
R.,J. Fi erof Athens, Tenn, writes
k the Manufacturers.''Record giving de
tails of hiskni-fft1g mill reported last
week as to "e established. Mr. Fisher
has erected a-briek building 50a90- feet
in -size, andihab:oiered. for installation
therein.:t"-@-knit|tig machines, thir
ty ribbers, alve'lleopers: and auxiliary
machinesa' ideseyeing plant: - The
product'iUby aht'275 dozen-pairs
of .missaita chiLdren, ribbetose
daily.'- .2ir+ od%the. omP t plant
will tror tr00 te, .,0t
orgazSed to bul 9-pndect
mll at D
M. E. Whitehurst, New Berne, N. C..
wants. dresses of mnafnturers' of
' 4ttou d4a.ila rope, - -
N. B. ,. of Bt"esyiUe, N. C., con
tehplatgs e erectto p f a mill to knit
fSeece-lihed end5'eav
Th e'or-t of last week as to the Oaf
feny 'S..*) Carpetj Manufacturing Co.
adding M-01Pg -wasaz. error.
Releigh (N r) .Hpsier' :Co.,has ob
tained autlio ty to issue $15.000 worth
of 1i ei et'duimuli,tive first preferred
stoc1:L.P-:5
Monarch Cotton Mills of Uiiion; S. C;,
wlpl bld: thirty. -oiehtives' . :cottages
and a.warehouse. This cn}pany..has a
10-Ad0-?niridie:'and 00- oom mill.
3'.%wisSae,996 Main street, Dallas,
Texas-, Is askng for-infrmat0ionl and
prices ,on e.suipmentr. fo bleachery to
be used in connection with sheceting
mill.
Mr's . Q. MiIler of Sh elby, N. C., has
purchased' 'tie Laura Glenn ,Mills at
Shele,1which was sold .recently at
courhale 44-,Tohn. F.. Hurt of Balti
more, p~resaiet .0Z the former com
pany.
An oider has been passed] by court
action for tihe sale of the Fayetteville
(N. C.) Cotton Mills, H. W. Lilly being
temporary receiver, with Messrs. C. W.
Broadfoot and H. L. Cok as commis
soners. The plant has 3120 spindles.
Charter of the Ra.dford (Va.) Woolen
Manufacturing Co., has been recorded,
naming Geo.:.W. Mills, president: L. L.
Fauler, vice-president-general man
ager, a2id Fred Painter, secretary
treasurer.
John Calhoun of Dunbar. S. C., con
templates establishing- plant for the
manufacture of bobbins and shuttles
for textile mills ,and asks makers of
the require~d machinery toi send prices
and inf ormation.
Opelika (Ala.)-Cotton Millswft
that it does contemplate installinga
ditional spindles, as reported last week,
but has not made a definite decision as
yet. There are now 6500 spindles in po
siton, and 1248 more are prposed.
J Haughton Ihril, Pittsboro, N. C..
contemplates establishing plaat for the
manufacture of bobbins for textile
mills, and is asking makers of the re
quired machinery to send information
and prices on the equipment needed.
At the public sale of the Waynman
Cotton Mills of Waynmanville. Ga., last
week the property was bid in by the
Maddox-Rucer Banking Co.. of Atlan
ta. The purchase price was $13,500. and
it is said the company intends operat
ing the plant If the courts confirm the
sale. This plant has 3408 spindles and
seventy-six loo:rs.
Shamrock Milla o* Winston. N. C.,
states that it is adding new machlenry,
as was reported last week. The comn
pany has 100 knitting machines, and is
adding enough knitters to increase to
350 dozen p!airs of hosiery every month,
and this capacity is to be increased as
fast as the demand requires and opera
ties can be trained for the mill.
A/
THE NEW SALARY ACTS.
Assistad Attorney General (Mves a
Construction on Them.
Assista.nt Attorney General Gunter
has furnished the comptroller general
with two opinions of general interest.
The first concerns the salary of prac
tically every county official in the
State, and .is consequently of much
concern to these officers. It reads as
follows:
Dear Sir: You request to be ad
vised when der1the:-ats of 1892 the
salaries of iu rs and county
treasurer#
An act approved Feb. .27, 1902,
ing the salaries of unty offi
, provides that the unt there
;ixed, shall become eff v e May 1,
1902. The auditors will arefore re
ceve the compensation now provided
for until Ma the fitst next, when
they . .lary provided
for in e a referred to. But
the apprIAQo. for county treas
urers has 1 e making the opera
tion different from that of the audi
tors. By an act approved Feb. 22,
1902, it is provided that the following
sums if so much be necessary, be. and
the same are hereby appropriated to
meet the expense of the tax depart
ment, as follows:. For the salaries of
conty auditors, $29,000. * * * * For
th salaies of county treasurers, $29,
TTe county treasurers of the
11 reAive as compensation
th ear 1902, the annual salary
An act passed at this ses
geneeal assembly, en
act to fix the amount of
p f t.to be paid to the coun
offi rs of the various counties of
the Ynotwithstanding anything
ontaiied n said act" It will thus be
observed that the appropriation act
making the compensation of county
treasurers begins on the first day of
January, 1902, upon the basis of the
salary graduation act and shall be
come effective on May 1, 1902, for in
no other way could they receive "com
pensation for the year 1902 and an
nual salary." Then the appropri.tion
act refers to the act fixing the sal
aries making the provisions "notwith
standing anything contained in said
act"; this phrase is clearly intended
to exempt the salaries of the county
treasurers from the May the first lim
itation and to allow the salary pro
vided; to become operative from the
first of January, 1902.
The other opinion referred to reads
as follows:
Dear Sir: You request to be advised
upon the following statement: "The
act- fixing the salaries of circuit solic
itors,. approved Feb. 25, 1902, reads as
llows: Section 1. Be it enacted by.
the ge sembly pf the State of
South Carolina: The circuit solic
itors of each circuit shall receive a
salary at the rate of $1,500 per an
num, except the solicitor of the First
circuit, whose salary shall be at the
rate of $1,800 per annum. Such sal
ary shall be in lieu of all charges
against the State and county. All
costs from the defendants shall be
paid over by the solicitor to the coun
ty -treasurer for the use of the coun
ty. They shall also receive the same
per diem and mileage as members of
the general assembly while in at
atendance upon the sssion thereof.
Section 2. That all ac a and parts of
acts in conflict with this act, are here
'by repealed. Approved Feb. 25, 1902.
In the appropriation act, section 2.
among the amounts appropriateci, ap
jpears the following: 'For salaries of
tht this appropriation was intended
to conform to the act above men
tioned, fixig the salaries or compen
sation of circuit solicitors, although
the sum appropriated is $50.00 less
than sufficient to pay the amount pro
vided - for by that act. I wish to
know: First. If under the act in
creasing the circuit solicitors' sal- I
aries, this increase dates from Jan- I
uary 'the first? Second. Does the comn
pensation provided for in this act, or
the Increase in salary, begin 20 days I
after the approval of the act first I
above mentioned?''
The appropriation act for 1902,i
makes the following provision in sec-1
tion 1:.'That the following sums, if so
much be necessary, be, and the same <
are hereby appropriated to meet tne
expenses of the executive depart-]
ment, as follows: * * * Section 2. For I
the salaries of solicitors, $1,250." To I
determine what amount Is necessary 1
we must look to the act fixing the sal-1
aries. The act above referred to fixes I
the salaries at $1,500 per annuumi, ex
~tt for the solicitor of the First cir
whose salary is fixed at 51,S00
"num. Tb's act was approved
e25, 1902, and under the law be
comes 'effective 20 days thereafter.
This act Is of course not an appro
priation act, but simply directs the
comptrl1er to pay certain amountts
out of a fund set aside for that pur
pose. Hence It follows that the sal
reson and after 20 days after the3
25th of February, 1902, should be at
the above rates and prior to that date
in th er 1902. the salaries should
be at the rate of $1,350 each, except
the ocior of the First circuit, wno
rcve$1,600, as provided by te
law then of fore XXI Ypl-, p. 417)
atly the sam e -'~ if it created
a new o r 'om that date, and a
WildBilKock
Louisville, Special.-J 1o
Ch.cago, -defeated "' ~ Bil .. anra
an of New York, in i fifthp~ound of
what was to have .~ a 25-round
match before the EmpIr Athletic Club.
at Music Hall. The knockout blow
ame after a hot mix-up, which ended
by Chynski putting a stiff left to Wild
Bill'- jaw and following It up with a
right to the jaw which put Harrahan
TROUBjEATNORFOLK
Street Car Strike Assumes Threaten
ing Proportions.
MARTIAL LAW EXISTS IN THE CITY
Thousands of Strike Sympathizers
Thronged the Streets and Police
and Military Were Helpless.
Norfolk, Special.-A m , of 5,000
strike sympathizers thronged the
treets of Norfolk Tuesday on which'
he main line of'the Norfolk Railway
mnd Idght Cgmpany runs,: and the
police were uttable to cope with it.
From noom until after dark, when the
:ars, which were crowded ":y detach
nents of militia, had run w'ith difficul
ty all day, were housed In the bareS,
the mob had things its own way in the
:ity. In the cpunty where the barns
re, the military was in control of the
situation. Cars were repeatedly derail
3d, wagon loads of rocks were piled on
he tracks' nd free fights between the
nilitary and the-crowd occurred.during
the day at frequent intervals. In one of
hese, a sergeant ran a bayonet"through
the arm of a man named Hadnetsot. a
laborer. The man's wife was standing
>y her husband at the time. She
mocked the sergeant to the ground
with both fists and discolored the face
)f Lieutenant E. R. Qale, who was
iear her, with a well directed blow.
3everal soldiers were hit by bricks and
yther missiles thrown through the win
lows of the cars. A number of arrests
iave been made, both by the police and
nilitary.
A conference was held by Mayor Bea.
nan, Police Chief Veltines, Colonel
Eiiggs, commanding the Seventy-first
ERegiment, eight companies of wich
ire in service relative to placing the
ity under martial law. The' police
orce of 100 men has been on duty for
18 hours, and is unable to meet the
umergency. It is possible the four ad
litional companies of The regiment aYid
battery of artillery will be called for
n the morning to take charge of the
~ity. There is no settlement of;the
strike in sight, both sides adhering to
heir first positions.
Martial law will be declared In Nor
olk in the morning. ,Four more' in
aantry.o wanies frour1 , LS
So l k Srm'tbffie td and F kY * it
he -.. ire . Seventylift
iave been ordered- out. .. .
The strikers cut a mile . of .troler
wire in the city. The troops: are now
uarding the power plant' : detac
nent of a Newport News:: -company,
under Capt. Gilkerson, is on duty.
At a meeting at night, theC-enrsT
Abor Union boycotted the itreet cars.
)ommon Councilman S. H. Kelly, .gigo
leader of the strikers,. offered:S -rea
lution at the night's council meetg,
o revoke the street railway franchqe
or lapsing of two days in running cars.
The resolution was referred. to a spe.
ial committee.
Tuesday night six non-union - men.
rom Knoxville were held up. The
trikers overpowered them. Many boi-e
.rms and were arrested for -carrying
oncealed weapons.
Over $200,000 Damage.
Chattanooga, Special.-Official re
orts received at railroad headquarters
how that the situation in the flooded
istrict is improved. The Southerin
taiway's loss between Morristown and
tsheville will aggregate from $200,000
o $250,000 to road bed and bridges
lone. The loss by delayed and annulled
rains and cutting off of all passenger
.nd freight traffic since last Thursday
ri be very large. A bout 900 men are
epiring the road and bridge on the
(shevi1e branch. There is still a gap
if 32 miles between' Marshall, N. C.,
.nd Del Rio, Tenn., without service.
'he Atlanta division has been opened
>etween Atlanta and Macon and he
ween Col'umbus and McDonough. On
he Alabama division trains are run
iing regularly. The worst of the flood
n;tbe Ten'nessee. is passed and -the
sas riv&; will be within its hanks by
he latter part of the week.
Cadets Appointed,
Washington, Specials--The President
5a made the following appointments,
or cadetship at the Naval'Academy;
Ialph L. Sampson. son of Rear Admi
al Sampson, principal: Woodward
Phillip, son of the late Rear Admiral
milip, first alternate; 0. W. Howard,
son of Major General Howard, U. S.
L. second alternate, and P. M. Taylor,
~on of Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor,
ird aiternate.
Telegraphic Briefs.
May drummond, a New York tole
hone operator, will make a fight.for
:e estates of th; late Earl of Perth.
Floods in Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and West Virginia did im
ense damage, inundating scores,. of
towns and many miles of farmiing,
lands.
Two stonemasons were killed "an&
Lwo injured in'the collapse of a portion
>f the addition to the Fidelity Trust
Company's building in Philadelphia.
The condition of 0. H.'P. Belmont, of
ew York, who is sick with pneumonia
in Washington. was a trifle better-. He
la very seriously ill. . -
United States coinage for February
-$9,261,340. -