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o Governa Cj~vo^;G By Preside 14E problems that f: problems that face The extraordinary half century brings the gravest social a of combination am< wage workers. It i tions. Our efforts s good, and not for th New devices of law are necessary changed and chatging 'conditions. Bt that, although the problenis to be so tion, the spirit in which their solution same. It is in peace as it is in war. Ta Ccntinental troops in their blue and Greene and Wayne. differed entirely ir or gray faced one another in the armi of Johnston. And now the sons of t. as who serve in our gallant little a carry a different weapon. and practic But the soul of the soldier bas : qualities which drove forward to vict men of '61, are the very qualities wl changed if in the hour of need the h nished. So it is in civil life. This goverE the principle of treating each man or to whether he was rich or poor, no k but only to the way in which he peri bor, to the state. From this principle we .,annot breadth. Many republics have risen long, but sooner or later they fell. and their fall was in almost all cases the i the interest of a class instead of a go It made no difference as to whi< own advantage the governmental ma the cause of freedom whether it was poor who plundered the rich. The crime of brutal disregard of when it manifests itself in the shape side, as when it manifests itself in th the other. Our aim must be to (leal justice. t purpose must find its expression and 'ion- through the agencies of the gove Rich man and poor man must a protected by law and that on the oth for each is entitled to be fairly dealt and if we as citizens of this nation ar of our forefathers such fair measure man; so .that as far as we can bring il shall be given the chance to show th against wrong, and in turn prevented More f.n this no man is entitled Millio IAncient a By the Editor ofS3 +b+++++4. HAT classical sayint * - -~of Seneca, "A grea + + seems simply a tra: norous phrase of th< +WU+ osophy. as when Ar + * habit of hoarding." _______ -~ they have made an - ++44-4..4-+-4,4them." To such ap a Carnegie there at erns feel in the life of the Roman er imperialism it is supposed to parallel ners constantly harking back to it for for an "awful warning."' Thus, with 1 sec Roman history of the first centurl contribution to our knowledge conce ence-as in the case of Dr. Dill's rect from Nero to Marcus Aurelius." The picture Dr. Dill draws for ri century seems, cursorily, to be a cast his entertainments, of which the extrt haps $150,000 for Egyptian lilies for quent appearance in the role oft "self people"-the freedmen; his acknowl municipal objects. as baths and temp roads; his contributions, more or les unions of the timet his genuine and it of charity, in modern phrase-despi shows and slave punishments: his lia special taxes that ir. the end develop( -in these and many other respects t: ject to familiar modern conditions. t View." o-oWh< Free IKinde r,..dJ~m.By Hamilt .PV kindergarten hat thanical kindergart schools sometimes ~3J give certificates to ELI schools were to be c a speedy end~ of foi deal of criticism ba ten proposes to do. junctions of' the kindergarten and the siderable criticism because of lack 01 The. person of liberal mind, who beli4 ing out keen, sharp, mechanically ac. understand the spiritual idea of brin personal relations with God, nature. r this practical turn of mind compr'eher the critical years between three and covery of the world and of himself, is the free field of his age, and is receiv which are to color and shape his thot .to the very end. The free kindergarten, which co conducted by the New York Kinderg; education of foreign-born children or into the spirit of American life and t Harper's Magazine. A Wooden Wedding. Several friends called on a New~ York clergyman one evening andl were kept waiting for him for some time. 'm sorry to ae kept you wait ing." the minilster remarked as he en Tered his library. "but I have just kad t o pe:-form a wooden wedding iin "What!" :;aid one of his visitors. "I uever heard of such a thing. What kind of a ceremnony was it?" "Oh." answered the clergyman, with a twinkle in his eye. "it was thc mar tent by Either ass t Roosevelt. G Wf ce us abroad are important. but the is at home are even more important. rowth of industrialism during the last every civilized people face to face with fd economic questions. This is an age ng capitalists and combination among s idle to try to prevent such combina hould be to see that they work for the harm, of the body politic. from time to time in order to meet the it after all, we will do well to remember ved change from generation to genera must be attempted remains forever the ctics change and weapons change. The m;ff. who fought under Washington and arms and training from those who in blue es of Grant aid of Lee. of Sherman and ese same Lnion and Confederate veter *my of today wear a different uniform, e different tactics. emained the same throughout, and the ory or to death the man of '76 ai the ich the men of today must keep un nor of the nation is to be kept untar ment was formed with as its basic idea his worth as a man, of paying no heed eed to his creed or his social standing, rmed his duty to himself, to his neigh iford to vary by so much as a hand's n th past. and some of them flourished the cause most potent in bringing about act that they grew to be governments in vernment in the interest of all. h class it was that thus wrested to its hinery. It was ultimately as fatal to the rich who oppressed the poor or the the rights of others is as much a crime f greed and brutal arrogance on the one e shape of envy and lawless violence on o each man: no more and no less. This support not merely in our collective ac -nment, but in our social attitude. ike feel that on the one hand they are 'r hand they are responsible to the law. with by his neighbor and by the state. e true to ourselves and to the traditions of justice shall always be dealt to each about each shall receive his dues, each e stuff there is in him, shall be secured from wronging others. o, and less than this no i-an shall have. naires, d Modern ~ribner's Magazine. strikes a more tmodern note than that fortune is a splendid servitde?" It slation into the Latin philosopher's so commonplaces of our own familiar phil drew Carnegie speaks of "slaves of the id adds: "At first they own the money I saved. Later in life the money .owns parent identity of view in a Seneca and taches the peculiar interest many mod ipire, because in its materialism and its our own civilizaton, the student of man a curious resemblance andl the moralist e modern more or less on the watch to repeat itself in the twentieth, any fresh ning it attracts almost a popular audi ntly published sttudy of "Roman Society sof the Roman millionaire of the first of history repeated. The lavishness or vagance has been so often detailed (per. a single feast is a novel item); his fre made man" ,wh.o nad "come up from tile dged obligatio~;. to spend liberally on es, and also hospitals, schools and good compulsory, to the collegia or trades ~eneral pity for the proletariat-his spir e the hideous crtuelty of the gladiatorial Ality to the inheritance tax and to other d into a system of practical confiscation xe Roman millionaire is picttured as sub' cual or possible.-From "The Point or t the *'~'"'* garten Does n W. Mabie. e te been criticised because there arc me ens; for, unfortunately, the training hare the fate of' the normal schools and incompetent and uninspired women. If losed however, 'iecause some instructors uiremens of their work, there would be mal edttcat ion. There has been a good ed on igrnorance of what the kindergar on confusion bet Aeen the purposes and primary school: and there has been con imagination on the part of the critics. ves that edIuca-ion is a process of turn turate men and women, fails entirely to ging the htuman spirit into original and rt and the race. Nor does the critic of d the educational opportunity offered by ix, when every child is making the dis passing from the shclter of the home to n' into his soul those first impressions gft and put their impresson his character ts fourteen hundred dollars a year as irten Association, is the most searching of the children of foreign-born parents he fellowship of Amercian citizenship. THE SENATOR'S ACUMEN. "I have always nc'iced." remarked Ithe man who c'omments on things, "tht the man who eats tile most is not always the fattest." "True replied Senator Badger, "and I have also noticed that the man who talks the most is not always the Wi's est."-Milwaukee SentienL. A posse of indignant Indiana farm ers spent the night in chasing a man who stole a pumpkin pie. There 1s MORE TIME fOR PATRICK Time to Bring Before Court Alleged Newly Discovered Evidence is Granted by Gov. Higgins After Hearinrg Addresses by Counsel of the Man Under Sentence For Mur der of Millionaire Rice. Albany. N. Y.. Special.-Albert T. Patrick. the New York lawyer con.viet ed and awaiting execution in Sing Sing prison next week for the murder of Win. Marsh Rice in New York eity in September, 1900, was reprieved by Governor Higgrins until March 19. a space of 56 days. This reprieve is granted for the purpose of giving Pat rick 's counsel time to bring before a trial court alleged newly discovered evidence. Its granting followsd a hearing before the Governor and was in accordance with the request of for mer Senator Fill and Judge William K. Oleott, of counsel for Patrick, and with the full consent of District At torney Jerome who was present in per soi. Senator Hill came forth for the first time from his sick room after an illness of more than two months in order to attend the hearing and ad dressed the Governor at considerable length. I: announeing the reprieve of Pat rick. Governor Higins gave out the following memorandum: -It appears that. Patrick is not at this time an applicant for executive clemency, but that lie desires to pre sent newly discovered evidence bear ing upon the question of his guilt or innocence which has not been pres ented to the court. A motion for a new trial on the ground of newly dis covered evidence may be made at any time before execution in case ol a sentence of death and Patrick's counsel state that it is their intention to make a motion in his ease if time is given them. Patrick should have ample opportunity to present his case to the court. and when his case is ended in the courts an appeal to the executive for mercy will be in order.' Southern to Build Coal Road. Knoxville. Special.- Chief Engineer of Construction Wells. ufr the~ South ern Railway, awarded a contract here for the construction of the Johnson City Railroad, a coal road which will run froni Embreeville. Teun., to Mar ion. N. C. The Southern has been practically forced to build this line proposed by the construction of the South & Western R'ailroad along the Wautauga river into the Carolinas. The nev road will be about 90 miles long and will have many tiunnels. It will save the Southern a haulage-of aboUt 70 miles. the road now hauling all coal from the Virgi.ia tields into the ('arolinas by way of Morristown. Tfhe Southern has awarded this con tract to W. J. Oliver & Co., of this city, and the price will be in excess of $5.000,000. It will reqtuire fully three years to comiplete lie enterprise. Re-Elect President Jordan. New Orleans. Special.-The South ern Cotttoni 'Association held its an nual business meeting with almost a full board sitting. Harvie .Jordan was r'e-elected president and Richard (heat ham was re-eleceted secretary. F. 1H. Hiatt. of Columbia. S. C.. was elected treasurer and George T. .les ter,. of Corsiciania. Tex.. was chosen vice president in place of Mr. Peters. oft Texas. The salary of t lhe prIesidlent was fixed at $5.000 a year. Secret ary (heathiam 's salary was raised from $2.500 to $3.000 a year. The salary of) the treasurer was fixed at $~>0( a year and the vice-president is to serve without salary. The salaary of le general fi nancial agent and oir ganizer. E. D. Smuih. who was elected according to lie sugest ions of the mass meeting. was tised at $5.000 a vear. Arrested on Charge of Forging Mon ey Orders. Mont gomery. Ala.. Special.,.J. P. Coker, alias Powell. was arrested by the .\onitgomery police Monday. it be ing alleged that lie is wanted by the Unitedi States governmienit for. the for gery of -postoftice money orders at Pensacola and Mariana. Flat. it is said by the police that Coker skip pd a bond of $500 in Pensacola. Confederate Bills in Vienna. Vienna. By ('able.-Whait seems to e iin org.aized( effti lto piss off bills of theW Amieicanmii(4 Confderney has conc to not)1ice lately ini Ibhis cety. the shop-keepers of whlich have been vie tiizedl to a .onisider'alhe amounmt. The first case occurred duing thi~le 'hrist - ins ho]lidayvs when several .iewel ers acceptedl 4onfederat e inotes imi1my ment of purtchases. Thle pubbeiat ion of the swindle causedl tihe operalors to cease. but t hey have aga in become ac tive and have securied atnot hier cr4p I f vit ns , Bornaparte to Charleston. Baltimore. Specil!. -Secretary of the Navy ('hiarles .1. Botnaparte left on the U'nited States dispatch hoat Dolhin for Hampto'n Roads, where he will board the U~nited States crti ser, Charleston and proceed to (Char leston. S. C.. where the citizens of Charleston are to pres.ent ai silver ser vice in the cruiser. Seeretary Bona parte is expected to reach (Cha rleston in t ime to attend a reception on fTes day eveintg. Shot and Cut to Pieces. Elizabeth City. Special.-The body of George Hopper, colored, was fo~und Saturday afternoon by Henry Dun ston, c'olored fisherman: it was float in in Currituck sound. near' Coinjack. The body was horribly hacked and slashed with a razor and a pistol ball had plowved its way throogh his head. Dunston was manipulaating his line in Piney Island bay. on the east side of teAlbemarle and Cheaspeake canal, when he discovered the body floating INSURANCE BUREAU' Plan For a New Department of Government REVISED DRYDEN BILL READY New Jersey Senator and President of the Prudential Will Soon Re Introduce His Measure Designed to Correct Practically all the Evils Ex posed by the New York Inquiry. Washington, Special.--Senator Dry den has revised his bill contiiplating government control of insurance and will re-introduce it in the Senate soon. lie has followed very closely investigation now being conduct d by the New York legislative com mittee and this has aided him in per ecting his measure. until lie expesses Lhe belief thaat it. will correct par Licularly all of the insurance evils exposed by the New York inquiry. Publicity is- the keynote, and coupled with are safeguards for the detect ion of wrongdoers and the punish ment of those so offending. It de ines politics. or insurance contracts. as instrumentalities of commerce, and provides for the regulation of the business through the medium of a Comptroller of Irsurance and along ines similar to the control exercised >ver netional banks. The Senator says that the bill has the endorsemen f the President, administration offi ials, and eminent enstitutional law yers in and out of Congress. Discus sing the principal features of the bill. Senator Dryden said: "The bill contains some 50 separate provisions. of which the first 13 relate to the organization of -,he proposed Bureau of Insurance in the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor, in harge of Comptroller of Insurance. ondede at $100.000. Dominician Rebels Routed. Cape Haytian. Hayti, By Cable. A sanguinary and what probably will rove to be the final battle has taken pace near Guayubin, between the troops of General Caceres, the tem porary President of Santo Domingo, nd the insurgents. The former were victorious. Several generals on both sides were killed or wounded. rhe gunboat. Indipendencia, which recently went over to the insurgents, intends on the advice of former President Morales, to return to Santo Domingo and surrender if the gevern ment will guarantee the safety of its afficers and crew. It is expected also that the Governor of Monte Christi will follow the advice of General aorales and surrender that place. rovided the n1ecessarmy guarantees as to safety be given. $25 '000 Fire At Ayden. Greenville. N. C.. Special.-Ayden his county, had a lire Sunday. F ive stores, all wood were destroyed. The otal loss is about .$25.000 w ith not >ver one-third insured. Those burn ed out were the follow'ing named: W. C. Johnson & Co.; S. W. Tyson. P. S. Cannon, Mack Stancil, W. H. Dew. J. H. Tripp & Bro.. and Horton & Ifackbone. The t wo last named saved most of their stock. .T. J. Edwards & o. and J. W. Quinerly & Bro.. on he opposite side of the street fro he fire, sustained some damage to stock. Fridlay night the Quinerly school building, near Grifton, was burned. It was the best rural school building in the country.. and had good ibrarv..which was lost with the build.. ing. Schooner Goes to Pieces in Hampton Roads. Richmond. Special.-Marine ex perts on the coast believe that the scooner. Samuel L. Russell has gone Lo pieces in Hampton Roads, and that Captain Jones and four men are lost. rugs comig ini report wreackage which has been identiled as being timbers from the Russell. A 650 mile gale has been blowing off lie oast for~ several day s and it is al most certain that the schooner' is lost. Girls Have A Dewel Over Lover. Mexico City'. Speial-Twvo girls. Nicolasa Eliztalde and Francisea Emnte, rivals in love. decied to set. ;le the puestion of passession of their over by a dewel and met in a tield in he suine~bs of the city and fought ith knives. The Elizaide girl was ~tabed tieve timres and fatally injur ed. The scr vivinz duelist- has been rrested. News Notes. President W?' 'am Rainev Harper. ,f the (Chicago University. died of nner. The United States Court of Appeols it Cincinnatti denied the motion of frs. Cassie Cltiwick 's at torneys for i new trial. President h'oosevelt was amt the Vhite House initiated into the Im proved Order (f Red Men. Mrs. Julia H. Simpson told a graph. Le story of the shiooting of her father Bartley T. H<.mer. by her husband. Dr. James H. Simpson. The battleship Louisiana again eads the Conner-et ient in the construl :tion race. The Serate. under protest, fmnally ;hed Senator Bacon's Moroccan vr ;oltion. Anti-Foreign sentiment is growing n the south and in the Tangste valley EIGHT DIE IN A FIRE frightful Scenes of Death in Attempts to Escape fIRE-PROOF lOTEL DEATh TRAP In Large Minneapolis Hostelry Ele vator Shaft Wood Catches From a Packing Room and a Sheet of Flame Mounts to Seventh Story, Carrying an Immense Volume of Smoke and Causing Pandemonium Minneapolis, Minn.. Special.-Eight persons dead of suffocation or of in juries sustained in leaping from a "fire-proof' 'hotes building, a score of persons injured and a building dam aged $25.000 by fire, smoke and water is an epitome of the ravages caused by a disaster which befell the West Hotel, Hennepin avenue and Fifth street, throwing 700 guests and em ployes into a panic. The dead: Fire Captain john Berwin. fell from the - fourth floor to the Fifth street sidewalk while attempting to save a woman 's life. W. G. Nickels, Minneapolis, suf focated in his room on the sixth floor. Thomas Rummervi:;e, Springfield. Mass., salesman for Atkins & Com pany, suffocated in his room on sixth floor. J. E. Wolfe. Northwestern agent for Sperry & Alexander Company, oi New York. suffocated :n his room. Clinton B. Lamie, New York. trav Eling man, suffocated in his room. J. B. Peisniger, New York, travel ing man, jumped from the seventh storv. Mrs. M. E. Hodges. Minnealr is jumped from seventh story. William Black. New York, suffo cated in room. The fire was confined to the eleva tor shaft and the two top floors in one corner of the building, but a dense smoke pervaded the building and the wild excitement which followed the first alarm hurried people into halls and out on to window ledges in a frantic effort to save themselves. The fire started in a packing room on the first floor near the elevator. The wood in the elevator shaft caught fire and smoked like tinder. A sheet of flame 20 feet wide meunted the shaft to the seventh story, carrying an im mense volume of smoke which fright ened the guests out of their sense and started a panic. Big Fire at Charlotte. Charlotte. N. C., Special.-A fire broke out in the seed house of the Charlotte branch of the Southern Cot ton Oil Company, and destroyed prop erty to the amount of not less than $120,000. Within a few minutes af ter the first tinv blaze was discovered the entire seed house was a mass of flames. the blaze having spre-ad with increditablo rapidity. Less than half an hour after the fire caught the in tense heat had set fire to the oil re finery of the company. Here the flames were checked, saving the cotton oil mill proper, the power house, mat tress works, the tanks of oil and the other parts of the plant. $100,099 Car Barn rire in Balti more. Baltimore. Special.-The Waverly car barn of the United Railway which company controls all the street r-ail ways o fthis city, were almost en tirely destroyed by fire. Of the con tents. 56 ears were destroyed and 17 were damaged. The loss is estimated at about $100,000. which is covered by insurance. The cause of the lire is not definitely known, but a spark from a trolley wire is believed to have started the blaze. Date For Confederate Reunion at New Orleans. New Orleans, Special-General Wil liam E. Mickle, adjutant general makes o05icial announcement that the sixteenth annual reunion of the Unit ed Confeder-ate Yeter-ans will be held in this city April 26 and 27. Dr. Harper's End Comes. Chicago, Special.-William Rainey Harper, president of the Univer-sity of Chicago, since its inception in 1891, regarded by many as the foremost He brew scholar in Amer-ica, and equally renowned as educator and business man. (lied of' cancer of the intestines at his home ini the University campus. Although his death was known to be inevitable within a comparatively short time. the end of his life, due to physical exhaustion, came suddenly. lie was 49 years old. Clark Howell and Hoke Smith Open Joint Debate. Columbus, Ga.. S~pecial.-Clark Howell. editor of The Atlanta Con stitution. and Hoke Smith, candidate for the Democr-atic nomination for governor of Georgia. heldf their first joint debate here Wednesday. A large gather-ing of voters fr-om different parts of the State was present and the closest interest was manifested in the address of each speaker. Becomes Honduras Health Officer at $7,500 Salary. v-annah. Ga.. Special.-Dr. Thom as F. Richardson. of the Marine Hlos pital Service, has been designated by its chief, Dr-. Wyman, to go to Hon duras at a salary of $7,500 a year from that country to act as its health officer. Dr. Richardson was chief as sistant to the surgeon in charge dur ing last summer's fight against yellow fever at New Orleans. HE Ig LIMI A Committee Agrees to Report Ai favorably AMID BOUNDLESS ENTHUSIASM I In View of Reports Alleging Discord I Sent Out by Supposed Agents of New York Bears, Decision of Hold ing Committee is Announced Be fore Due and Resolution to Make Fact of Harmony Known is Passed New Orleans, Special.-With a large and representative attendance from the cotton-growing states, the a Southern Cotton Association opened E a three days' session here. The hall s was crowded when President Jordan called the convention to order. A feature that attracted attention was the presence of a negro delegation 0. from Hines county, Mississippi. See, a retary Woods of the Mississippi asso- h ciation said they were regular dele- A gates and entitled to seats. President h Jordan was given an ovation when ti he ascended the platform. The invo- i cation was offered by Rev. Dr. Bever- b ly Warner. b John M. Parker of New Orleans, h planted 7,000 acres in cotton last year. and one of the most progressive and successful men in the entire South, as chairman of the reception committee. welcomed the delagates to the South ern Cotton Association convention. New Orleans. Speial.-That the sum of work of the Southern Cotton Association was to be ~a declaration w for 15-eent (otton. with reduction in the for of diversification, was prac tically settled at the afternoon session of the convention when Chairman a Dancv. of tie committee on holding in advance of the presentation of its 0 report. announced that the committee hi had unanimously decided favorably b on that proposition. The announce ment provoked the convention to a d whirlwind of cheering. . The premature announcement of 0( the conclusions of the committee was forced by advices from New York to the effect that newspaper dispatches and Wall Street reports printed and b] circulated there indicated a lack of tl harmony among Ahe elements making M up the convention and dissesions over t the 15-cent proposition. Secretary of War At Charleston. Charleston, Special.-Secreary Bon. B aparte and a party of officers of the cruiser Charleston visited the navy yard, which followed an excursion s around the harbor on the light house tE tender Wistaria. The reception com mittee had looked carefully after the wellbeing of the guests and the tripe was a very pleasant event. At the ~ navy yard full honors were paid the d distinguished head of the navy. A specially fitted car was prepared for i the party and they were wheeled over D the grounds, visiting each of the build- w ings in turn and the dry dock. Seere- G tary Bonaparte followed the govern- is ment work with keen and intelligent observation. Commandant Nickles and the engineers and inspectors of the navy yard were on hand to en- 1 lighten the visitors about the work P The secretary and officers of the ship p seemed well pleased with all that they saw. Secretary Bonaparte did not f: hesitate to express his interest and tc satisfaction in the construction of r; the yard, and his favorable comments ti were greatly appreciated by the Char- w leston people in the party. The kindly ti riticism, coming on top of Admiral S Dickins' hearty commendation of the C harbor and the ability of the largest t( battleships to enter the port, whoch bi is capable of sheltering scores of ships 0o the kind, proved a source of pleasure 0 to those interested in the welfare of w~ the port. Fegro Murderers Bxecuted at Kings tree; S. C. Columbia, S. C., Special.-John ~ Burrowvs and Arthur~ Williams, two of j the three negroes convieted of the d brutal murder of Julian Wilson, aT prominent citizen of Williamsburg Ii county, were hanged. Robert ScottK fi the third negro convicted of the same C rime, has been respited for 30 days. w Dividends by Dallas Mills. C Dallas, Special.-At a meeting of ~ the stockholders of the Morowebb e Cotton Mill Company Tuesday, the b regular 4 per cent. sehi-annual divi dend was paid, and Mr. J. B. White was elected vice president and Mr. Fred Smvre, of Gastonia, a director to succeed Mr. C. B. Armstrong. At a meetig of the stockholders of the b Dallas Cotton Mill. on the same day. ei a 4 per cent. semi-annual dividend ~ was apid and the folowing g;ntlemen tl elected directors: John 0. Rankin. tl J. 0. White and HI. B. Moore, all s! of Gastonia. . P tl Serious Fire at Pantha, W. Va. Roanoke, Va., S5pecial.-Meagre re ports were received here that a fire is raging in. the little town of Pan ther. McDowell county, W. Va. The.y telegraph wires hav been burned and details of the conflagration are not ob. tanable. The Ritter Lumber Coin-jn pany 's largo plant is located at Pan-i d ther, near the '--ilroad depot, whiebJ A building is believed to haw~ been des- t troyed.a Burned to Death. Monroe, Special.-While burning broom straw around her home. Mrs.0 Rebe-ca Louny, of Buford, was burn. ed to death Wednesday evening. She b lived alone and was about 60 years of age. Miss Gracie Belk, her niece, who lives about 300 yards away. was theh first one to discover the accident. She e went to her home and missed Mrs. a Louny. She found her aunt's elath ing scattered over the yard and her body in the corner of the fence. Dogse HEAVY SIMDLE rrest is Made for Offering Forgrd Certificates 'ORKING ON A LARGE SCALE rewspaper Writer" is Nabbed on Charge of Selling Oneof Bogus Nor folk & Western 100-Share Certifi Cates to Broker and Subsequent Revelations Show That Operations on Large Scale Had Been Planned. New York. Special.-Following the -rest of Samuel Humphreys. "a -wspaper writer," on the charge of fling a bogus certificate of 100 iares of the Norfolk & Western Rail ay Company to a dealer in securities t this city, it was learned that 500 the bogus certificates were printed ad that the operations appear to ave been planned on a large scale. s only four or five of the certificates ve been discovered and each of em is for 100 shares with an aggre te market value of about $S,000. it evident that the amount realized F the operators is very large if they ve disposed of many of the certifi tes. The police say that they be eve that at least three men had a and in the transaction. Humphreys was arraigned on an af lavit that he acted in concert with Augustus Seton, in selling a forged - rtiflcate to Bernard & Clark. of this ty, last September, for $8,000. He as held in $2,500 for examination, i default of bail he was remanded i police headquarters. According to information given out the detective haurean; Humphreys ent to the0o5ee of Bernard &-Uark, this city. with a letter introducing imself as "Mr. Collins," a wealthy 2ilder. of Pennsylvania, and present I two forged certifieaies of the Nor >k & Western which he wanted to Espose of at the market value, $14, )0 to $15.000. Shot Father's Slayer. Thomasvifll, Ga., Speeial.-A body shooting affair took place on ie publ'ic road near Akridge. 20 Res northwest of Thomasville. in e new county of Grady, and as a sult William Driw and Newton hrelkeld, two prominent and ealthy farmers, are fataly wounded. :erbert Drew, the 13-year-old son of illiam Drew, took a prominent part L the affair, firing the shots that ruck Threlkeld down. Young Drew ls the story of the encounter and tvs that when he and his father met relkeld in the road the latter be n to curse his father and tehn pull i his pistol and fired three shots into rew's body. Young Drew then cove 12 miles to the nearest tele lone and told the sheriff of the af ir. Threlkeld is a brother of rew son-in-law. Both families are idely connected in Thomas and radv counties and further trtouble feared. Must Pay Georgia. Taxes. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-The suit of ie Central of Georgia Railroad Comn an and of the Georgia Raihzoad Comn any against Comptroller G~enera! Eiliam A. Wright to enjoin him om the collection of taxes alleged i have been due the State from these tilroads, on ownership of stock in ie Western of Alabama Railr~ad, as decided in favor of the State by ie Supreme Court of Georgia. The tate asked, in the case against the eorgia Railroad, that it be coinpelled pay back taxes from the year183 at the decision bars the cogebien taxes prior to 1895 by the statute4 limitation. The road therefore,. ill be compelled to pay about $70, )0 on its million and a half of stock. Greensboro Firm Bankrupt. Greensboro, Special.-A voimitary tition in bankruptecy was filed in the nited States Court by J. A. Caima ty, a merchant on Fiyetteville street. he assets are stated to be .$7744; abilities. $4,072.62. The petition was led by Z. V. Taylor, attorney for. annaday, who said the reason for it as that certain creditors were push ig him. The Southern Life and Trust ompany was named as trustee. pend tg the hearing before Maj. J. E. Al tander. of Winston-Salem, referee in, aikruptey. To Close S. C. Bucket Shops. Columbia. S. C., Special-The State [ouse et. Representatives pasw.d a ill prohibiting the operation of buck shops in South Carolina. There 'as no debate on the measure andx e 'act ion of the House was~ some ing in the nature of a s-:rprisr. AIU .iops are declared to be itmbilling~. laees. It is more than probable t hat ie measure will pass the Senate. ame Time and Place For Sons of Veterans. Montgomery, Special.-Dr. Thomas .Owen. comnmander-in-chief of the ons of Confederate Veterans. an >unced that the reunion of the or rs will be held in New Orleans pril 5, 25 and 27, coincident with e reunion of the United Confeder e Veterans. Philadelphia Jury Acquits. Philadelphia, Special.-Actim: up a the instructions of Judge Auden id, the jury acquitted John W. [ll, former chief of the filteration areau, who was on trial charged with rgery and falsifying the records of is bureau for the benefit of a firm of ntrators. The scenes following the equittal have seldom, if ever, been itnessed in a local court room. For ier Chief Hill shed tears of joy as is son, Henry, clasped him i close