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ANARLIST KILLED I fatal Trzged) ithe City of Brotherly Love t NOTED ANARCHY D!SCIPLE IS SHOT Female Teacher of Lawless ness Mor- s tally Wounded Ey a Pupil Who S Claims She Broke His Heart. S Philadelphia. Specal.-Voltarine Le t Cleyre, a noted anarchis: and a teach er of languages, was mysteriously shot and mortally wounded by Herman Helseher. a former pupil. The woman is dying in a hospital and Helscher is in custody. Unrequited love is said to have prcmptei the deed. When ar- r -ested, H-l:wbers only explanation r was the f::eo::!ng: "We were'sweet E hearts, she and I. She broke my heart and deserved to be killed." Miss Le , Cleyre, is 20 years of age and her as- C sailant is 24. The shooting occurred I on the street in broad daylight and . 0 t was witnessed by a score of persons. c Helscher, who had disguised him- t self by means of a false mustache. apy- c proached the woman from the rear and accosted her. Almest at the sam- I time he drew a revolver from his pock- s et and pointed it at the woman who t turned and atteipted to run away. t She had gone only a few st:ps when Helscher began f-iing upcn her. After s discharging five shots at the fleeing c woman, three of which took effect. he t replaced the pistol in his pocket and c started to walk away. He made no effort to escape and was immediately arrested. Miss Le Cleyre ran a short distance a and then sank exhausted upon a door- e step. She was iarried into the house and from there removed to a hospital. In her statement to a magistrate she denied acquaintance with Helscher. but when he was brought before her minus the false, moustache she at r once recognized him. She declined. howe-er, to accuse him of hav ins vi ot her, ;iut asked the police if he had ai mitted it.Neither would she state the nature of her relations with IHlscher. Two bullets took effect in the wo man's right side below thei shoulder, and another embedded itself in the right side of the chest. The physicians f hold out no hope for her recovery. Miss Le Cleyre has attained wide spread notoriety through her an archistic utteraLces and her -intimacy with Emma Gokiman and othe: an archists. She is an accomplished linguist and musician and has writ ten much anarchistic literature and erotic poems. t Venezuela Makes Answer. Caraeas. By Cable.-The correspond- ti ent here of the Associated Press has i obtained a copy of the answer made by 3 the Venezuelan government to the Ger- ~ man note, addressed to Lopez Baralt. Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Af fairs, by Herr Von Pigrim-Baitazzi. hi German envoy. It is dated Cara ens, December 7. This answer was transmitted by the Foreign Office to Herr Von Pilgrim-Baltazzi on Decem- r ber i, the 8th inst.. being a feast (lay. r It is sfgned by Lopez Baralt. Thei Venezuelan note, after repl:ag to al legal ions as to the cond::a t f Vene- h zuelt in dealing with German claims. declares that aibnor-mal circamns:aaces t have paralyn:d action relating to clairms and that the Venczudian gov-t ernment was then considiering the ap- t pointment of a fiscal agent. The note I ther. says:c "'Th'e impe:-ial r-overnment desires ' that the government of Venezuela in- 2 mediately satisfy the claims of German successes arrivxing from the ceil war and that theother matters in :'ich the interests cof German subj'ets are Involved be airbitrated. In ordIer that , this be done, it becomes necessary that t a declaration be made. "Treatment with the interested par- t ties will facilitate, hasten, or end in the satisfaction of said obligations. y Venezuelan government only await. a such time when the work of pacifica- y tion, in which it is earnestly engaged- a shall p-srmit it to issue an order re-es tablishing public credit. The claims -, arising out of the present war which a still devastates the republic will be - treated with all justice under the laws to be passed to cover the requirements. s "'Upoen the special command of my z government. I refrain from replying tot 'that part of your note which relate, t: f action sa the part of Germany. A pow- I er like Venezuela. which is in need of~ t no stimulus to prompt it to fulfill its legal obllgations to its utmost abiisty, y can never expect. in its ittercourse ~ with other cultured nations, any courset of action which shall not conform tog the prineiples of mutual respect and y the ruTes of reciprocal cordiality." e Glet Five Years Each. St. LIois. Special.-The joint trial of five fornier members of the House of Delegates, wich began Tuesday. ended a Friday night in a verdict of five years 'I i, the penitentiary. The defendants, r: John A. Sheridan. Charles Gutke, Ed mund Borsch and T. E. Albright, were* convicted on charges of bribery in~con nection with the passage of the subur ban street err bill. to-accomplish which j. it was charged. $'il.000 had been placed t on deposit tc be used as required. The five' defendants, after- hearing the ver-I diet, filed motions for- a new trial an:1 e eahe was released on bond. 1; Large College Endowment. Knoxville, Tenn.. Special.--Pr-esident Lary, of the Lincoln MIemorial Univer sity. at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., an-C nounced that he has secured from n Northern sources an endowvment of g $200,000 for that institution, also at number of scholarships. He stated that more money for the endowment is se cured. The benefactors are not made t known. The Lincoln Memorial Uni versity was founded largely through r the efforts of General 0. 0. Howard. It a - si for the mnrmntain pnopne. r OP-RAT15 UEN C ome Testimony of a Sta-ttng ture Brought Out. Scranton. Pa., Secial.-The anthra te coal operato;s opened their side of ie contrcversy with the mine workers Vednesday befor the strike commis on and the attorneys who are on r-c rd before the commission as repre enting the non-union men, who have cen adnitzcd to the arbitration cheme, began caliing witnesses. The ssions today were probably the liveli st yet held by the commission. At he morning session the mine-s' law ers challenged the fairness of certain -age statements handed to the com ission by the Pennsylvania Coal ompany and in the afternoou Lawyer arrow had a spirited discussion with hairman Gray as to whether or not he miners had a right to know who is nying the lawyers representing the on-tnion men before the commission. [r. Darrow asserted they were employ d by the coal operators. Preceding bis. Simon Silverton, counsel for the .eading Company, who delivered the pening address on behalf of all the rge coal companies. made the point a his address that the recognition of he union is not an issue before the ommission, which brought out a pro st from Mr. Darrow. The latter laimed that if it were not. then the' perators should be forbidden from resenting testimony that iaudefl to how the union was respons'bu for all he alleged violence committed during te strike. The alleged unfairness of the wage atements came to the notice of the immission as a result of its inquiry tto the child labor question in this vi nity. Several little girls testified on [onday that they worked all night in silk mill in order to help their fathers long, who were employed in the mines nd received poor pay. Yesterday Ev ett Warren, who i-epresents the Erie ompany, which controls the Pennsyl ania Commercial Company, in whose ines some of these fathers worked, anded to tie commission a memoran urn showing that one father last year eceived $1,400 for himself and laborer, nd that the other father received $1, DO for himself and laborer. At th? pening of the session the miners laced the two parents on the stand, nd they swore that the earnings men oned was divided among from four to ix men. This testimony surprised the >nmissioners. Chairman Gray asked that counsel r the company indicate in th wage atement whether the figures were for e or two or more men, but General Isnager May said that he did not now whether two, four or six men di ided the money. He admitted that two nd four men worked in a place, but tid that the company only paid one an. After hearing two mine inspectors he miners rested their case, and Mr. 7olverton formally opened the opera >r's' side of the controversy by read g a statement which represented the iews of all the large coal comp'anies. r. Wolverton contended that thel pow h f' e committee are confiided to ing the rates of ereduction -df the in no way iriolve ~flonition, or the en agreemene with the He declared that- the ate of wages in toe anthracite region not 40 or 50 per cent. lower than the soft coal region, but actually igher, and maintaingd that the pres t system of weighing was the best hat could be had. Ira ii. Burns. of the attorneys from e independent operato:'s. presented e statement of the individual compa .ies. This statement assed that if the >mmission's award favore'd the rne orkers the latter shot.. give some ssurance that they woulu not interfere ith non-union men. End of Famous Cherry Tree Case. Charlotte. N. C.. Spee'.al.-Sntence as passed in the Federal' Court on ose who were connected with the mos Owens Cherry Tree Company at tie time the law took hold of the com any. The sentences were as follows: rev. T. Bright: To pray a fine of $1,000 d four months in the county .1ail of ~utherfordton. C. D. Wilkie: To pay fine of $1,000. C. F. Geer: To pay fine of $500. G. W. Rollins: To pay fine of $500. M. C. Padgett: To serve bree mnonths- in the county-jail. As to ;r. Frank Bright. the court was ap ealed to by Mr. Thomas S. Rollins to ow mercy on account of extreme ill ess of his wife. Mr. Rollins statedl bat he had in his possession a certi cate from two reputable physicians o1 utherfordton that Mrs. Bright was in he last stages of consumption and that er death was daihy expected. He ex ibited this certificate and read it in he court's hearing. Judge Boyd con Inued the case as to Dr. Bright and or ered that he give a justified bond tor Is appearance at the May term of ourt In the sum of $3,000. Big Diamond Ma~ul. Washington, Special.-Special Agent F. Evans, stationed at El Paso, Tex s, has reported to the Secretary of the reasury the seizure at El Paso of dia ionds said to be worth $24,000 andl hich, it is claim'ed, were smuggled -m England. The jewels have been laced in the custody of the collector fcustoms at EI'Paso pending a hear g of the case. One of the pieces of 2welry was a diamond neckless , a oochi containing about 000 small dia ions. It is said a weal'thy lady of El aso and a yon man, a professional almist claiming to be from India. are mnneted with the case, or at least, now the history of the gems. Whole Town Destroyed. Ashkabad. Russian Turkestan, By able.-The town of Andijan, Fergha a, was totally destroyed by an earth nake Wednesday. The nunnber of fa ities is not yet ascertained. The opulation is threatened with starva ion. Shocks were felt In New Marghe n and surrounding villages and a .ilroad at Andijan was destroyed for cnsiderable distance. Food and lo+hm, ma being sent to Andiian LIVE ITEMS OF NI ny Matters of General Inte Short Paragraphs. The Sunny South. The 'vamous cherry tree was fin .lly disposed of at Cl N. C., N \ednesday by Judge Fines an\ irprisonment we posed upon .several. The mor not be refunui-cd to the duped Lowrence Pullam, one of tb ville bank wrecke-s, gets fiv in the federal priso' pst Atla. j4-. w ted and conected I lotte, N. C. At The National Capital. The United States has intim Gret Britain and Germany tha proves the arbit:aticn propc President Castro. Germany wE red that interference with Ai shipping will be viewed with d The Congregation of the Prop nominated Bishop James E. ( f Buffalo. to b Archbishop of go. Th- time cf the SEnate w voted largely to disc'ussion Militia and Stateho6d bills. The House passed the Sent providing for the erection of 000.000 union railroad stati Washington. A minority report filed by crats of the Senate commit pose admitting Oklahoma and dian Territory as one State. Representative D. A. De i offered a sweeping bill declari paraticns bankrupt under certg ditions. cenator J. C. Pritchard. of Carolina. declared himself In of- reducing Southern represE at' Republican national convej Semi-official advices state t] lombia Is preparing to invadi ragza, in order to keep her tro gaged and to capture both tou tes. At The North. The miners closed their case the Anthracite Coal Strike Com introducing evidence to prove tl ership of rcal mines by the -x companies. A number of New York bar cluding that of J. P. Morgan have fermed a pool of $50,001 lend In the money market in th of actual emergency. Richsrd Canfield, the allegei Ycrk gambler, has sued Distr torney Jerome and police offic: $6,054 worth of property destr< the raid on his house. Twenty workmen and 31 were caught in the cellapse of t of the Pennsylvania Railroad house at West Philadelphia. Dr. Adolf Lorenz strained hi and was edgnpelled to suspend eration ,t New York -clinic. Frons Across The Sea. Though M. Seneque Is in the.] PresIdent of .Hawaii, Generai with his army, may secure th Reports froi Martinique sta the Bianche river has been obl by lava and ashes from Mount According tr Berlin reports, E William will make Chancellor v low a prince. Gen. Maximo Gomnez and a del requested President Palm a not ther prosecute the Havana strik Mony Marseilles strikers b ready returned to work. Misrei'weous Matters. Admiral Dewey began ma with his battleships off Culebra Reports to the Young Men's tian Association international nmittee show that there are 1,5' ciations. with 323,234 membern its control. Gabriel Harrison. an old-timi the friend of Aaron Burr and Allen Poe. is dead. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss is expf arrive from Cuba today with of the new treaty. The President nominated B1 General Commandant Charle! wood. Marine Corps, to be a general. According to dispatches frol gary. 632 persons were frozent there during th'e last -three W,~olves are devastating the folds and have devoured thre herds. New York exchange premi Mexico City declined to 165. At a meeting of the board o tors of the American Loc< Company, in New York, the were re-elected. A dividend c per cent, was declared on the red stock, payable January 3: The earnings for the six mont ing December 31, 1902 (part mated), were reported to he 352. an increase over the same In 1901 of $3,034,3S7. Mrs. Mary E. Bulloch, widow 1-ite Dr. W. G. Bulloch, who relative of President Rooseve in Savannah of pnamonia. it is announced in a spec patch from Seoul, that the States minister to Corea has ed the payment of $1,500,000 the builders of the electric ra Senator Morgan. of Alabam; notice that on Saturday he wc dress the Senate regarding t: struction of the isthmian car Franchise Granted. New York, Specal.-The bo aldermen Tuesday afternoon the Pennsylvania Railroad fr for a tunnel by a vote of 41 to mediately after the granting Pennsylvania franchise, the Ne & New Jersey Railroad tunne chise, granting the privilege o ing Manhattan in West street, y n up and poad by a vote of 4 SENATE ON TROUBLE Venezuelan Matter Discussed By the Senatcrs in Executive Session CONSIDERS TilE MATTER IN SECRET Senator Cuillom,.Chief of Committee on Foreign Relations, Reports No Offic'al Information. Was1, cal.-The Vene 7upL- question occupied the attention of the Senate in executive session Tuesday for almost an hour. The question came up informally ai-ost immediately afler the public was ex cluded. Serator Teller disclaimed all intcntion of being critical and said he Srr.crely desired information and asked Scnator Cuilom, chief of the commit tEe on foreign relations, what in formation he possessed as to the Venezuelan affair. Mr. Teller, in in quiring, said that the situation is.such that Senators felt the Monr9g doc trine at any time might b'o'me in volvcd if the complication should con tinue. Senator Cullom replied to the in quiry that he had no knowledge of re cent events not contained in the pub. lic prints. Messrs. Bacon, Hoar, Lodge and Stewart all made remarks. In none of the addresses was any thing harsh or critical said. The tone of all the speeches, whether by Re. publicans or Democi-ats, was that our position a a nation -should be one of watchfulness. There was general agreement that while the motions ::opted by Great Britain and Germany for the collection of their debts had been quite strenuous they thus far had committed no infringement of the I Monroe doctrine and therefore had done nothing to which the United States could take exception. This was the position of Senator Cullom as was that of other Senators who spoke. Mr. Cullom said that much light as to the attitude of the administration could be obtained by consulting the cor respondence conducted between the State Department and: the German ambassador a year ago. He then called attention to the fact that on December 10, 1901, the report of Em peror William had ,broir;ht the matter to the attention of the Secretary of State. The German ambassador said that for seven years Venezuela -had failed to pay interest on a debt to German citizens of about $5,000.00 contracted in the construction of a railroad and that in addition there were other debts amountin pabout $1,700,000 -due German ciiTromn Venezuela twhich had.:prodipoE sible to collect. He added -that. et ry known peaceable means, had been tried +o secure the money and that his government feeling that patience ad ceased to be a virtue, had decided o use coercive measures. It was esired, however, he said, that it should be anderstood that in which ver steps might be taken by his ountry there was no desire to en roach on or interfere with the Mon roe doctrine. Secretary Hay replied. December 16, .901, saying in effect that the Mon oe doctrine was not intended to hield any American nation from the payment of its honest debts and that ts purpose was to prevent the ac uisition of territory by Old World Snat1or Bacon, of Georgia, of the inority committee on for-eign rela ions, said that on a question of this ind there was a party division that verybody would stand with the oi inistration in doing what was for he best good with no desire on' the art of any one to embarass those who were in control of affairs, and upon4 whom devolved the duty of prqtect ng American interests. The main enance of the Monroe doctrine, he~ added. was devolved on the wholk people. Senator Stewart dwelt somewhat n the bombardment of the Vene uelan fortresses by the warships. He ave as his reason for his admonition he fact that our recent acquisition of erritory had arouszd the jejalousy of all the European powers and that hey might attack us at any time.1 Not In two generations," lhe said, could we build up a navy equal to1 hat of Great Britain. but we can trengthen our coast fortifications. nd in view of Venezuela's experi nce it behooves us to do so." As there was no formal question efore the Senate the matter was ropped. Ports to Be PBlockaded.' London, By Cable.-Replying to a qestion in the House or Lords. Lord Andowne, the Foreign Secretary, said 'that if the seizure of the Venezue Ian gun-boats did not produce the de sired effect further coercive measures ould be employed. The matter had en considered in consultation with Germany and it has been decided to re sort to a blockade of the ports. It was not intended to land a British force and still less to occupy Venesuelan ter ritory. Replying to a question in the ouse of Commorns today. Under For-1 lgn Secretary Cranborne said no at empt ha d been made by Great Britain d refer this dispute with Venezuela tt rbitration. Death of Gen. Moorman, < New Orleans, Special. - General eorge Moorman, adjutant genraa of the United Confederate Veterans, died uddenly Tuesday night, aged 61 years. e was on the staff of General N. B. orrest an d oth-er Confederate leaders uring the war, earning many special entions and was commander of Moor an's cavalry battalion. He has been adjutant general of the United Confed erate Veterans since its organization. e expired while at his deask In his ~WSS DOINGS Of CONGRESS. The Omnibus Statehood Bill-Other rest In matters. Senator Bate presented in the Senate the minority report from the commit tee on territories favoring the immedi swindle Iate passing by the Senate of the omni iar otte, bus statehood bill without amendment. Boyd. as it came from the House. The re re im- port argues for the admission of Okla Ley will homa, New Mexico end 'Aizona and womlen. opposes the uniting of Oklahoma and e Ashe the Indian Territory into one State. t yar It shows minutely the conditions of n Char- each of the three Territories as to pop ulation, wealth and general featr:res of the Territories and says that these-ar such as to call for immediate ktate ted to "-od. t it ap- It ' r'ticises the majority repot and sal of shows that #-h the Republi-n and S noti- Democratic partie, in their last na tional conventions, a...ioptej;with per aganda fect unanimity a plank .3 -ieir respec aganda -. .. .ugley, tive platforms recomment ing each 0 Chica- these Territories by nam for state hood. Such expressions should, the as de report continues, be res ected by both f the parties. The report sa s among other te bill things: a $4,. 'It was never intend ,d that Congress. on in should bar by party objection admis sion when the popul tion, wealth and De-no institutions were tb same as in the ee o p- case of other States ound.'' the in With reference to the question of the rmond Territories, there ort contends that it ng cor- "ought to z.ffice hat 95 per cent of the in con- population are w ite in Oklahoma and the 90 per cent of the population 'i North Arizona and thc 122,000 white..popula favor ntation tion in New Me ico are quite sufficient itions. to leaven all t) e foreign-born in each iat Co. of those Terr tories." Liberal quota NiSa- tion is made rom the report of the ops cn- majority upo the statehood bill. One of the portion quoted is that referring to a statemen made by a witness that some of the rhite people in the Terri tories are " ike the riffraff which fol before low the con truction of railroads. Com nission menting u on this, the minority says: i "The riffr ff who follows the railroads e o have bee the sturdy Irishman whose alr (Indshv pick and shovel and spade and labor ave bui t the 100,000 miles of Amer ks, an rair onds.. "Why that 'riffr-iff' & ould n t be as good citizens in Mex ,000 o as t ey are in every other Siate eev d Ter itory, the report does not ad se t enate." I N he re ort is signed by Senators ict A ate. Ha field. Bailey and Patterson ials ' cOnstitut ng the Democratic member >ye ship of t e committee on Territories. a git nion Depot. r The j- the Senate bill u for a n in this city to costis to be s situat te of a th .Ba la fr oi ri-a be a large Piazat eark. he Pennsylvania Railroad, by -he ter s of the bill, is to remove its e d ffracks t e mall and reach the site of orphe prop sod station through a tunnel Jrizeto run b tween tha capitol and library Stha building . The government is to pay te 'ate. the Pen sylvania Railroad $1.500.000 el e and the Baltimore & Ohio $500,000 in e -addition jto pr'oviding for the Plaza m brPark. on Bue (flilitia Bill. egation The Sejate discussed the bill to pro-I to fu-mote the efficiency of the militia and es. also the ognnibus statehood bill. After aea-agreeing to the concurrent resolution aea-of House fbr an adjournment from De cember 20 ito January 5, Mr. Proctor called up thg militIa bill. An amend ment by Mr.' Pettus, striking from the bill section 2. having particular refer neuvers enc e to the re erve force of trained Island. men. pr'ovok~ed \ -some discussion, Mr. Chi-Pettus raising he point that the sec Chi-tion, if enacted into law, would be an comn- infringement of the constitutional au 5 asso- thority of the St~tes and put the con under trol of the militia of the several States into the hands of the general Satrgovernment. The . bill was laid asida etfor the omnibus sti.tehood bill, Senater Dillingham, of Vermont, who is cop posed to the bill, oce-upying the time of ted to the Senate for the remainder of the a draft dyIn iehearsing the testimony taken by the sub-committee of the committer igadiez on Territories, during its tour of inve-a H. tigation In New Mexico, Arizona and .HOkiahomna. Aftei a brief executive majol session the Senate adjourned. n Hun honey to Fight Trusts. o death Unexpectedly and without warning days in the House, during the consideration sheeg of the legislative appropriation bill, e shep. Mr. Bartlett, a Georgia Democrat, sprang an amendment to appropriate ui$250,000 to enforce the Sherman anti u intrust law and to direct the Attorney f direc. General to proceed to the prosecution motive of all violators of the law. Althouga offiera such a provision was plainly amenable f 1 3- to a point of order, not a memnber on prefe'r. either side of the H-ouse raised obj~r , 1903. tion. Indeed both sides wheeled into bs end- line. All agreed that some such action ly esti. was advisable. Some of the Republi 1516, cans, however, raised object-ion to the period loosen~ess of the language of the amendment and Mr. Hepbui-n, of Iowa, offered as a substitute for it the 14fl of the guage of the bill he introduced on the was a opening day of the session to approp It, died ate $500,000 for the enforcement of the measure. al dis United Fowler'f Currency Law. emand- Representatise fowler, chairnan cf due tC the House cominittee on banking anz lroad. currency, introduced a biil which war , gave drawn by him in accordance with the uld ad- views of the Republican menibers ex 'co-pressed at recent conferencs and which Lal- will be urged instead of the currency bill reported to the House at the last session. The bill provides "that any ard 1 national bank may. with the approval ratified of the Comptroller of the Currency, anchise take out for issue and circulation an |5. Im. amount of national bank notes not ex of the ceeding 25 per cent. of its paid up and w Yorb unimpaired capital. without depositing ifran- United States bonds with the United enter- States Treasury, such notes to be in ras tak- denominations of $10 and multiples 5 to 1 thereof." SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Large Mills for Tcxcs. For several years past there has been considerable activity in cotton mill building ,in Texas. A number of plants have been completed in the State, and are now operating success fully. According'to interviews appear ing in the Houston press, three more large cotton factories have been con tracted for. It is stated that Judge A. M. Matcher of HQuston, Texar. has arranged with Eastern gpirni for n c terprises pAnd for the sale of the product after the !Dills in operation. Referring to one e 0 mills, Judge Hatcher*is quoted as Ing it will have 15.000 spindles 244 looms, manufvcauring print c s, and represent the investment of 000. In this plant electrical r will will be u4pir exclusively. De .s as to the otgr mills are not a ounced. A $200 d ition. Announcement is -made that the Union Cotton Mills of Lafayctt'. Ga., will enlarge its plant. The steckhold ers in the company met rece:ily and authorized this enlargement, brt the decision did not become publicly known until during the past week. Mill architects are now preparing plans and specifications for the Im provements. The erection of sevent;' five operatives' cottages will be a part of the betterments. The company now has 7G80 ring spindles and 212 looms, manufacturing sheeting, toweling and drills. This equipment will be in-* creased by 10,000 spindles and 288 looms. 'About $0".000 will be ex pended on the new building and ma chinery. Hope Mills Improvements. Work is progressing on the im provements of the Hope Mills Manu facturing Co. at Hope Mills, N. C., ad will soon be completed. These mprovements' have been made ac cording to the plans announced last une. The additional structure is 150x300 feet in size, and will be quipped with 200 looms and a finisi ng plant. Messrs. Lockwood, Greene k Co., the well known mill architects >f Boston, Mass., have been in charge >f the betterments. The company's 4 present plant has 12,582 spindles and '51 locms, manufacturing madras, theviots and dress goods. It is stated 'hat about $100,000 is the expenditure nvolved in the extensions. A $250 000 Addition. Lockhart Mills of Lockhart, S. C., will build an additional mill to cost 250,000. A decision to this effect was nade by the stockholders at' their nnal meeting 'held during t'he past eAn inr .f cptlsok eton will be tknat once. Further etails regarding this addition will be nnounced soon. The company also eclared its usual semi-annual divi lend of 3 per cent., and John C. Cary 'as re-elected president-treasurer. There are 25,000 spindles and 800 oms in the present plant. Piece Goods for India. Valabhdas Runc~iordas & Co., No. 9 Humum street, Fort Bombay, In-' ha, write to the Manufacturers' Re ord that they are particularly in-. ~erested in hardware, building ma erial, bicycles, rubber goods. files, ri nails, screws and piece goods, nd add: "There Is a good opening 'or piece goods in our market. Thea arge part of -this trade Is'confined to"' nr cast-brethren, and hence we are r the best position to push this trade. Textile Notes. J. F. Williams' knitting mill at helby, N. C., was destroyed by fizle luring the week. The loss was about 12.000. New Jersey silk manufacturers con emplate building a mill in the South, d have been Investigating the ad ~antages of- High Point, N. C., as a cation. They have ojptioned a site In hat town from J. Elwood Cox. The stockholders of Pacolet (S. C.) ~fanufactuing Co. held their annual neeting last week and declared-their isual semi-annual dividend of 5 per rent. V. M, Montgomery of Spartan )urg was elected president-treasurer, ucceeding his father, Capt. John H. ifontgomery, recently deceased. Cumberland (N. C,) Cottan Milils o. contemplates enlasging its plant; ow operating 3000 spIndles. With the ~lecton of J. Frederick Houston of >hlladelphia as president of the com any has removed its main office tar 04 Provident Building In that city. Lynchburg (Va.) Cotton Mill Co. mas declared a semi-annual dividend if 4 per cent, on its common and pre erred stock. It is capitalized at $600, The Capital City Mills of Columbia, 3. C., Is changing its eqigipment of nachinery so as to produce a finer ,rade of goods. The company has eretofore used 400 bales of cotton ach month, and with the changes ri reduce this consumption to 100 nles. It has 0200 ring spindles and :00 looms. Godvile Manufacturing Co.. Gold-k 'ilie. S. C.. and plant of 5000 ringr pindles will be offered at public ou ry on January 8, in pursuance of an irder of court. If Canada were ever troubled with a oal famine due to a strike, she would ia~ve an easier way out than we have ound. Fifty square miles of thaecoal ands of the Northwest have been set iside as Government property. It be ongs to the State, and some day the itate may use it. Meanwhile, there nust be some reassurance to the Can ndians to know that in a pinch theyf ould get coal through Government