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Humor and San Fr Day of By Jame o UT of that experiencE vivid. At Fourth at drant was still giving stood there, rushing sides; I can see their helmet rosy with th mouth pouring out a men, the hose upon toward the terrific i walls. The whole city, mind you, is hose, one stream of water; they are futility of their effort. of their immens world crashing to ruins about them, the hopeless fight. On Valencia street, at the corner tel collapsed, and now seems but one men and 50 volunteers are working. I partition. tugging in concert. A hundi fire is only a few blocks away. They the effort, beads of cold perspiration ,they stop, all of them; they look tov with the glow, puckering in an express with new courage they tug again. At the end of the third day I waq The fire had then swept the city, but w trict. To the south, a little below me hallucination possessed me. I though hallucination. Up on the tip top of th street, the only thing standing for mi on it: I could see his h-nds rising and his long black hair and a loosened re bore the sounds away from me, but i was Saint-Saens's "DE-se Macabre"-1 and down. his body swayed, his hair s the devastated city, like a cascade, shaken dry bone.-Harper's Weekly. Preservatio By John afrt destruction of our a rate as to alarm the accept some remedy. The interests of attention to the nece water courses by re whICh they flow. Fortunately many still held by the nati acres of these -lands have been set ap serves. The primary purpose of these and provide means of irrigation and als fall. They are well scattered in the which is of little value for agricultural They are reserve(. for the use of m, ripened trees will be cut as they may cal opposition to many of these reserv greatly changed the local sentiment. and they can therefore be accepted as naturally arises as to what extent the: of the remains of our birds, fish and i * gation and supply. At least a portion, writer of this article has for many yea this end. Wyonaing has shown her sy: ing a permanen :ly closed season in th( to the Yellowstone National Park.-Tt kich ME '} Generally i ~~,,By abbi Err +M+.+++g ICH men's sons, inhei _________+ the Pittsburg school, +. ~. in the main are cumt ~' J~ ~ erant, idle and utteri +~ 3 e and actively vicious. From my persont + .+ convinced that 95 per '4 '~ callv worthless. AmtC observe ordinary dec pearance of elementary virtues, but eve sort. Often they receive praise, not fo evil they have refrained from. The money-getting faculty, the desi only one of the qualities that do not sc was the great grief of the late Marshall less, and that he had to leave his vast i M. Pullman declared in his will that hi he cut them off with annuities of $3004 Rockefeller family to be positive about feller, Jr., is no exception to the rule. It is rarely that any good quality d youths go to college, not to learn, but to themselyes. Such persons cannot exe3 make it a hateful thing. Charity of tha is needed is philanthropy-all too scarc long as the means of giving are so gen rich and their degenerate children. 4 A Word to ~ By Senator AlbE ET into the habit of ht we can turn every li G the most worth-while table. It is as good a And, mark you, it is< But what a coward a r pent-up irritability, di There is no sense of -less gloomy to fill yo to do it even from the point of view< in a sour silence which almost curdles to death, you do not and cannot diges have had a hard day say to yourself: some rest and fun." Get into the habi (lo it. Practice saying to yourself whe thing is all right"-and keep on saying "all right" the mere saying of it at the everything.-American Motherhood FLOWERS THAT DON'T AGREE. An interesting discovery with re gard to the perfume of flowers has been made, writes a correspondent, by a Belgian naturalist. He finds that roses and mignonette will not live together in the same vase, and that they not only die quickly in eacnl other's company, but also lose their own particular fragrance. It is also ' contended that other fiowers in the ame vase with the mignonette and the roses acquire a sweeter scent as the two latter fade, Tragedy of i On Cisco'S Terror Hopper. several pictures remain detached but d Folsom streets, by some freak, a hy out water. I still see the firemen who i hose down the street flaming on both chief standing at the corner, his white flame, his long slicker dripping, his volley of jolly oaths, and then these their shoulders, their helmets tilted eat, rushing in between the roaring burning beyond them. They have one four. It was something big, the very determination to do, with their whole their single duty-to fight to the last of Eighteenth, a four-story wooden ho tory high. Upon the ruins four police se'e them, a rope noosed about a fallen ed men are buried in those ruins. The tug, their yellow faces distorted with vrelling from their pores. At intervals ard the fire, their weary faces ros:ed ion of anxiety almost simian, and then standing on the top of Russian Hill. as still burning in the North Beach dis was the Jones Street hill. A strange t I heard strains of music. It was no Jones Street hill, in the middle of the es, was a piano. A man was playing falling, his body swaying. In the wind I tie at his neck streamed. The wind a a lull I-finally heard the music. Tt he death dance. His hands beat up reamed, and from the crest down over >oured the notes with their sound of n of Forests : F. Lacey. forests has beer going on at so great public mind and prepare the people to irrigation and navigation have called ssity of preserving the sources of our aining or restoring the forests from millions of acres of wooded lands are mnal government, and about 85,000,060 rt in S3 permanent national forest re reservations is to conserve the streams , in some degree, to influence the rain far west, and are generally upon land ses. in and not reserved from his use. The be needed. There has been much lo ations, but time and observation have The experimental stage has passed an established fact, and the question may be utilized for the .preservation me and be used as sources of propa f these lands should be so used. The s endeavored to secure legislation to apathy with the movement by declar part of the forests reserves adjacent e Outing Magazine. n's Sons' e Worthless i G. Hirsch. itors of great wealth, millionaires of ho virtually fell heir to their millions, erers of the earth-purse-proud, intol r useless when they are not actually 1 observation and acquaintance, I am ent of all rich men's sons are practi ng this great majority are some who ency and even conform to the ap t their good qualities are of a negative - good they have accomplishd, but for ability of which may be debatable, is em to descend from father to son. It Field's life that his son proved wor-th iterests in the hands of others. George two sons were no credit to him. So . I am not familiar. enough with the it, but I imagine that John D. Rocke scends to the sons of the rich. Such nke a display of wealth and to amuse cise charity. When they try it they particular kind is mischievous. What . It will continue to be so, I fear, so ~rally accumulated in the hands of the Husbands & ~rt J. Beverige. ppiness. It is positively amazing how tie incident into a sunbeam. One o1 families I know always joke at the a vacation to take a meal with them. uite as easy to take the other course. an is who releases in his home all the sappointment and gloom of the :.y such a course. It does not make you ir house with gloom. You ought not if good health. If you eat your meal the cream and scares your wife half your food. Forget it then. If you Well, that was a hard day! Now for of being happy, I tell you. You can you waken in the morning, "Every it. You will be surprised how nearly beginning of the day will really make WW LINGERIE SETS. The chemisette proper is of lace and embroidery, composed of an am pie front and dainty stock. Sleeves fitting the forearms and over the hands, like the armiets worn to pre scre cne's dress sleeves, complete 2e set, made to match. They may e sitched int the coat or mounteat m shirtwaists. No other trimming gould be necessary for the waist save tfew tucks to blend them to the law3 29 KILLED IN WREOM frightful Collision on Seaboarc Near Hamlet, N. C. ORDERS WERE NOT DELIVERE[ Seaboard Air Line Passenger Trair No. 44 and an Extra Freight Traim Come Together With an Awful Crash in a Deep Cut One Mile From Hamlet. Hamlet. N. C. Special.-Twenty o1 more were killed and tweity-tlree badly injured in a head-on eollisioi between a Seaboard Air Line Passen ger train and an extra freight on mile from here Sunday night. Nearly all those killed were ctored passen gers. The known dead are: En.ineer F. B. Lewis. of the pas senger tramn. H. S. Byrd. Ba-gage master. Fireman Tom 1il1, colored, of the passenger train. Negre. fireman name unknown, oi the freight. Probably 25 others unidentified. Railroad men. citizens and the pas sengers who escaped injury. are work. ing heroically t., recover the dea(l and injured imprisoned in the wreek age. Both the second and first clast coaches were overturned and it is sad ly agnmented before the work of the rescuers js conipleted. The rescuers cail see a number of lifeless fontus by the fitful oifht of lanterns and these they are strivi manfully to reach. Fortunatelv the lamps in the coaches were extinguish ed in the crash and .ire was not ad ded to the hoi ror of the catastrophe Thus far the list of the serious!y injured reaehies twenty-three-Iiv white and eighteen colored. Other, may be imprisoned in the overturnec coaches. The cnmineer nd fireman of the freight train jumped and escape( with a few bruise,. The coach for colored people was completely (lenol ished and nearly everyone in it miet death. Both locomotives were demfol ished an(d the bazzage ears and coach es ijlml)led toze!ler in an unsightly mass. The tracks are piled high with wreeka-.te and will be blocked for h'ours. The. wreck (occurred about 7 :3( o 'chock. Thme passenger train. which2 left Charlotte at 5 o'clock, was with out orders and was moving at the rate of forty miles an hour. With out warning thle freizht, an extra fruit train. west, bound, dashed around th1i curve in the deep cut one mile from Hamlbt. and the two trains came to eether with an awful erash and roar. Enuinuer Lewis andi Is firenman were instan:!lv killed and death was almost as swi!n to the passengers in the co! ored r-oar-h. The <h-s!tuction was (0mm plete and rendier-ed morme horrible byr them (-rie and ~ro'ans of the dvinr. The dea d anad i njumred will bie eon vrd to Rock-;ingham as soon as n snee ei be w-nld upJ and the trackiei elcared semefien~tly. Messnuees har been set to' (very phbvsician inHa let anti Roc-kin.:ham. as well as in the ceumtv. It is imrossihlo at this time to as eartain1 the names of the (lead and injure owinz to the confusion inei mient to the catastrophe. Not a!! t he dead have been identified, but it is stt m ot the list will reach 29. Th" chief dispatcher of the Seaboard at Raleiah has ordered 18 coffins from the undertaker at Rockingham. The bame for the wreck has not been placed. The passenger train, it is said. had no orders to meet the freight, and it is the presumption that the freight overlooked its orders. One report ascribes the cause of the wreck to have been a lap order, stating that the passenger train had ordlers to meet thme f'reizht at Hamlet. while the frei-:hmt's orders were to meet the pais snuer train at Rockingham. Lightning Strikes Depot. Scotland Neck, Special.-The depot and warehouse at Speed station, on he Norfolk & Carolina railroad, was truck by lightning and entirely de troyed. A considerable quatidity of oods was burned. The statiou agent ost his trunk and clothes. The loss o the railroad company is estimated t .$3,000. The thu~nder storm passed cer the entire region throughout and asted several hours. Mr. Newhin, a farmer living a mile or two from town had a valuable cow and calf killed by ':gitinig about the same hour of the brning at Speed. egro Mob Pursuing Negro Murderer. Decatur, Ala., Special.-A mob of egroes are searchiing the woods round Moulton Heights. a suburb of his city. for Henry Howard. one of reir own r-ace. Howard killed an thier ne..ro, Charlie Davis. with a slotgun. in a quarrel over a woman. oward is believed to be hiding in a 5:muip muar 31eulton Heights. He ill probably be lynchei if eatught. Foot Mashed Off by Train. D~urham. Special.-A white man by he namre Gf Henry Huimphr~ies, who ays that his home is in Roxboro. was 10und( on thle right of way of the Southern road, in the western patrt of he city, with his right foot mashed -.ff. An ambulance was called and lie was taken to the Watts Hospital. rhere his right leg was amputated. Is injuries are not serious. Humph ieis refused to make a statement as A SAD FUN[ARL S[RVIC[ Simple Services in Unity Presbyteri an Church, Barber Junction, Over the Mortal Remains of Lyerly Fazm ily, Who Died by the Hands of Murderers Saturday. Barber Junction, N. C.. Special. The fueneral services and interment of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lyer ly, their little daughter. Alice, andi son. Johnnie, were held at Unity Pres byterian church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Spence con duiting the services. Unity Presby telian church is an old house of wor ;hip, about two miles from the Lyer lv home, of which all the Lyerly fam ily were members. It is where their ancestors worshipped and they are buried there in the churchyard. At an earl hour. though the weather was threatening, hundreds of people began to assemble at the an eestral home of the Lyerly family, which, up until Saturday, has been the home of three generations of this honorable family withbut blemish or stain. At this time this coun try place was the- site of a death stricken home, there being four cas kets containing the remains of the Ly erly family, slain Saturday by a band of negro brutes. By 10 o'clock more than one thou sand people had gathered at the home, there being people from all over the counties of Rowan, Iredell and For svth, and from the cities of Salis bury, Statesville, Winston, and Char lotte. When the funeral reached the church over two thousand people had fallen in the line, which was over one and a half miles long, to pay their last tribute to their honored neigh bors and friends. The procession ar riving at the churchyard found the church ci-owded with people. who had not been able to get inside of the home, there being rooom left only for the remaining little giris and near relatives. The Rev. Mr. Spence preached a most beautiful sermon. The thr.ee remaining little girls were caln and well composed. not realizinz their cruel bereavement. No braver heroines ever Ivied than these three little girls, Mary, Addie and Janie. The father, mothcr and two chil dren were buried in one grave. Many beautiful floral offerings were either brought or sent from the towns and cities nearby. The three children will reside with their neighbor. Mr. W. P. Barber. and their uncle, Mr. Aex Ly erly. of Cleveland, until matters are adjusted. - May Acquit Lynchers. Monroe. N. C., Special-When court adjourned for the day the trial of the twenty citizens of Anson county, charged with lynching J. V. Johnson, was nearer a focus than before. The expeeted decision of the court on the motion entertained Monday afternoon was not rendered owingr to the desire of the State to amend the bill of indictment. This unexpected move halted the proceedinas and puts the case back where it was-with the motion of the defense to co:ash the in dictment under the reevto of the conrt. .Tudge Shaw will pass on that motion as soon as the grand jury ihas completed the formality of present inz the defendants under, th revised bill of indictmeut. Eleven true hi!!s have been found on this revised in dietment and the jury will soon finish its work. ICase Postponed. Monroe. Sneeia!.-On WVednesdayv . .dg Saw heard a motio to gus the indictment against the lyneh'-rs. and acting upon the same they were all released on bond for their apnear ance at a future term. This action was the result of the repeal of the act under which the first action was taken. News Items. Considerable property damage was done by earthquake shocks in New Mexico. The demurrer of the West Baden and French Lick companies in the suit brought by Indiana as a result of the recent raid on the casinos at tached to them was upheld by the court. igh Point's New Bank Organi:ed. High Point, Special.-The stock holders of the Carolina Savings Bank & Trust Company have been in ses sion here perfecting an organization of the new enterprise. Over $200. 000 of the stock was represented by stockholders from ten counties. The officers are: E. M. Armfleld, presi dent: J. A. Lindsay, vice president. and F. C. Boyles, secretary and treas urer. Business will begin in a short time and branches will be established throughout the State. This financial institution 1s promoted by the Arm fields, of this place. Virginia Judge Holds Two-Cent Mile age Bill Vcid. Richmond, Va.. Specia.-At Staun ton Judge Henry WV. Holt, of the Corporation Court. handed down an opinion in the case of Virginia vs. the Baltimore and Ohio Railway de laring the Churchman two-cent-a mile rate bill to be in violation of the fourteenth :mendment to the Fed eral constitution and therefore un constitutional and void. On thi. ground he dismissed the suit. Three Injured in a Fight. Columbus. 0.. Special.-In a fight between 50 striking moulders and seven non-union men at work in the foundry of the Hanee Brown Com pany. 'Frank Miller. the company's bookkeeper. and Albert Angel a strike-breaker. emnploycd by the com pay. were seriously i:nred, andI( .Ta cob Strakey. leuder of the attaekinu: party of mnoulders. was shot min te left leg. Miller's injuries may result 5KILLED IN A MIN Lives Snuffed Out By Sudden Explosion BODIES TERRIBLY MUTILATED Explosion in the Dixon Mine in West Virginia Results Fatally to Five and Two Others May Die-Bodies Hor ribly Mutilated. Bluefield, W. Va., Special.-As a resu't of an explosion in the Dixon mine at Huger, in the east end of the Tug river field, at 8 o'clock Thursday night, Wallace Mitchell and four miners. Ernest Jones, Pal mer Harris and R<>bert Harris, broth ers, and John Gilmore are dead, and Bill Crouse aand Langdon Whiteside will die from burns and shock. The men were going on duty for the night and had started down the shaft in a bucket. They had gone about half way down when the ex. plosion occurred. The first five men named were blown out of the bucket and down to the bottom of the shaft, where they were later picked up Their bodies were crushed almost to a pulp. The explosion was caused by ihe man having a gasoline lamp in the bucket, while descending the ligit igniting an accumulation of gas. The safety lamps are ordinarly used in entering and it not known why the men carried the gasoline lamp. Peace Treaty Signed. San Jose, Guatemala, By Cable. A treaty of peace between Guatemala, Salvador and Honduras was signed on board the United States cruiser Mar blehcad on the high seas. The News in Washington. Washington, Specia.-The State Department was advised of the signing of the treaty of peace by the repre sentatives of thc belligerent republics aboard the Marblehead. A cablegram was received from Mr. Merry, the Amnerican minister to Salvador. Co'sta Ria. and Nicaragua, announcing that a treaty of peace had been signed ou board the American warship. Killed By His Uncle. Columbia, Special.-By an acciden tal dischairge of a gun, a 12-year-old boy was iunstan.ly killed by his uncle in the county, 12 miles from the city, on the Winnsboro road in the .Camp Ground neighborhood. The name of the little fellow who was the victim of the lamentable mishap was Sam Sharp. a prosp~erouts farmer of that section. and the uncle. whose gun was discharged with such deadly re sult, was D. T. Sharp. Mr. Sharp, the tsnele, is only 22 years of age. A heartriending feature of the tragedy was that the mother of the boy was standing nearby when tihe gun was dischlarged and was a horrified witness of the entire affair. Struck by Lightning. U.nion. Special.-During an elec trical storm lightning struck the wire from the power house at Neals Shoals. opening the circuits at Union and Buffalo mills and power plant. Work at Buffalo stopped about one - hour, and at Union about five hours. No serious damage was done. Horrible State of Affairs. Moseow. By Cable.-A landlord flee ing from Bobrov, in the province of Yoronesezh, where a peasant upris iig has taken palce arrived here and gives a frightful picture of devasta tion. He described the losses in the province as colossal. The troops are powerless to cope withI the peasants, who are marching in large ba'nds, de stroying practically everything. Not more than one-tenth of the estates are spared. The movement was started by the refusals of the landlords to ad vance the wages to farm women. The ripening crops are not harvested. Hoback Murder Trial. Roanoke, Special.-The Fred Ho back murder case was called at Floyd. this being the second trial Hoback has had. He was sentenced to eight years in the State prison at a former trial, the decision being reversed by the Court of Appeals. At Friday's session W. A. Sowers, editor of the Flod Press, was the principal wit ness. For Illicit Distilling. Washington, N . C., Specia.-Wil lam and James Sexton, of Jamesville. were brought to this city and lodged in jail. The chaige against them was operating an illit distillery near Jamesville. This distillery is suppos ed to be the same one raided andi captured by Revenue Collector J. C. Meekins. J.. a few weeks age. Both prisoners wer unuirca to give bond in the 5uma of :00~ e.h for their ap -Steamer Sank. Richmond. Snecial.-The han'dsome steamer Pokanoket., recently placed in commission by the Petersburg. Newport News and Norfolk Steam ship Company. sank at her wharf. A mutinous negro fireman was arrest ed charged with having opened her SlOOK ALL NIGlT New Mexico Visited With Very Severe Earthquake PEOPLE FLED IN GREAT TERROR Shocks in New Mexico and Western Texas Grow Terrifying Continu ous and But Few People are Sleep ing in Houses in Spite of Drenching Rains-Refugees From Cocorro and Other Towns Pouring Into Santa Fe and Albuquerque-Thin Spirals of Smoke Seen in Lava Fields To ward Alamo Gorda. Santa Fe. N. M.. Special.-Two more earthouake shocks occurred at Socorro Wednesday morning. The shocks were felt distinctly as far south as Ei Paso, Tex.. where, Tues day a street car was thrown from the tracks by a shock. Refugees from ocorro and other towns in the Rio .rande valley are adily coming to Santa Fe and Albuqucrquc. All night long one tremor after an other passed over the lower Rio Grande valley, keeping the people at the highest tension. But few have slept in houses for the past few nights. Observers reported thin spi rals of smoke in the lava fields in the direction of Alamo Gorda, prob ably from hot springs or other vol canic manifestations. A drenching rain passed over the valley during the night. adding to the discomfort of campers. Death of Lady Curzon. London. Special.-Lady Curzon of Kedleston, wife of the former Vice roy of India, and daughter of the late Levi Z. Leiter, of Chicago. who has been ill for some days. died at 5.40 o'clock Wednesday evening. She never quite recovered from her ser ious ilnss at Woalmer Castle. Kent, in 1904. n-d the recent hot weeher broug on n pronouneced tta-k of -encral debility. It was no: -til latelv- that Lady Cozn 's eon' -On eave ,-erse for anxiety. At n'out noon Wedd' she lrw v -ors two specinllets were e.'ded in. T!ey remained in attendance till the "nd. Lady Cnrzon leaves two daue~'rs. Tt was nnloineed t the Curr' res idence that t1e final cause of Laidy Crzon's death was heart failure. but he had been sufferinz from comr-1ca tions which were the sequel of her f erible illness of two years ago. The fnral. the date of which has not vet been fixed, will take place at Ked leston. Eloped With a Girl. Newport News. Vn.. Soccial.-All efforts to locate Daniel P. Goodman Ind 1.'-year-old Lillian Harris. who eloped from this eity on Sunday ni-t. have been in vain. It is presumn ed that tho couple went south. prob nbly into North Carolina. but the po iee have been unable to establich any trace of them. Goodman is 25 yeers ld. He loff a yo'ime wife and baby to o with the 'girl. MisHoio isa danehter' of M-s. Carrie IThrri ~on. a widow and liv-ed near th'-OGotd man home. Goodman and bl wf were frequient visitors at thi' Ha;r ~on home. Little attention was paid o the man's attention to the chlild. loodmm. klowever. became infat pat ed ith the eirl, who returned his ~entiment. Several weeks neo be had i dificolty- with the ?ir~l's brothier he ~arse of her. A warrant hios been is. ned for the arrest of Gloodnian. As he airl is a minior. the charge wil! e criminal assault. New Boilers for Warships. Brooklyn. N. Y., Special.-The bat tleship Massachusets. now at the tary yard in this city, will have an ntirely new boiler plant installed. rhis work. together with similar in ~tallation on board the Newv York. 2w at the Boston Navy Yard. will ~ost the government $300.000. Bids or the boilers, which will be of the vater tube type. will be opened in the mreau of supplies and accounts. Navy Department, Weashington, D. C., on~ :he last day of this month. Murder of General Kozlo. St. Petersburg. By Cable.-The nurder of General Koziov is reported :o have made an exceedingly bad im ression on tihe Emperor and the No roe Vremva denies that the cabinet *sad resignedl. The hesitation at Pe erhof has undoubtedly raised hopes n the minds of some of the premier's ~olleaues that he can hold on even a the face of the adverse vote in :he upper House of Parliament Hyde County Suffers. Elizabeth City, Special.-Reports ~ontinue to come here of the deplor ible condition of affairs inHyde coun y due to continued rains. A promi .ent farmer says that the oat crop Sa failure. Good lands will not yield nore than ten bushels per acre. housands of acres of corn and cot on have been abandoned in some see ions of the county. The corn, cot on and grass has all been killed, eaving the earth entirelv bare. Telegraphic Briefs. Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Har y K. Thaw, accused of murdering stanford White, re-enzaged the coun el whom her son dismissed last week. Nineteen persons alleged to have >een implicated in the lynching of J. V. Johnson in North Carolina were OffICIAL SHORTAGE $33,000 Missing from Treas ury Department MR.BARTLETT PARTLY IN FAULT An Investigation of the Accounts o the Laate G. A. Bartlett, Disburs ing Officer of the Treasury Depart-\ ment, Shows a Shortage of $33,000. Washington, D. C., Special.-It is stated at the Treasury Department that the investigation of the accounts of the late Major George A. Bartlett. disbursing officer of the Treasury Department, shows a shortage of approximately $33,000. About $14.000 are said to have been innocently paid out on fraudulent vouchers, presented by James W. Boyd, clerk in the Marine Hospital Service, who in September last was arrested and is now in jail pending trial for misappropriating govern ment funds. Although Bartlett was technically responsible for the payments on Boyd's fraudulent vouchers, the short age in his own office will probably not exceed $19.000. The treasury officials have no means of knowing' how long the shortage has been standing, but are inclined to the opinion that comparatively small amounts have been taken from time to time during the several years. Bartlett was taken ill, and died. while his office was being investi gated. His shortage was fully cov ered by a bond of the surety com pany, which has been notified of the defaleation, and the demand made for re- imbursement. A Surprise Sprung. Cleveland, 0., Special.-The gov ernment sprung a surprise in the grand jury investigation of the rela tions of the Lake Shore and Michi an Sotithern Railway Co. and Stan dard Oil Co., shortly b-efore noon. At that time the session of the jury was adjourned to 3 o'clock and all the witnesses who were to appeal were excused, permanently. This ac tion was taken to mean that the in vestigation is ended. and that the grand jury will at once begin the con. pideration of the testimony sub mitted. Is It Ed Davis?' Salisbury, Special.-SheritT Julian received a telegram from Jacksonboro,. Ten., stating that a man filling the description of Ed. Davis, the murder er of .Conductor Wiggins, had been captured there and asks Sheriff Julian what disposition to make of him. Sheriff Julian w'i th.e Tennessee officer that if the negro capth was the right man Rowan county would pay a reward of $550. It is pro bable that the negro will be broughit to Salisbury for identiflcation, Man and Wife Found Dead. Chicago, Ill.. Special.-Edward F.. Kloss and wife who conducted a small millinery store at 231 North Avenue, were found dead in their rooms above the store. The throats of both had been eut, and blood was spattered on the floor and furniture. In addition to the wounds ini the throats, both, ad beehi shot through thie head. A revolver was found on the bed by the body of Klouse and it is believed !w the polbe tat he committed the Appropriation For Famine Eelief. St. Peters'burg, By Cable.-Thie Em peror approved the bill of the Lower House Parliament, which was opened by the Upper House, appropriating $7,00,000 for famine relief. thus supportng the contention of iboth houses of Parliament against his own minisers. This law is the first en actment of the Russian parliament and represents the legal result of a session of over two months. Three Injured in a Fight. Columbus, 0., Special.-In a figzht between 50 striking moulders and seven non-union men at work in the foundryv of the Hanee Brown Com pany. Frank Miller. the company1 bookkeeper. and Albert Angel. : strike-breaker. employed by the com pany, were seriously injured, and Ja cob Strakey, leader of the attacking party of moulders. was shot mith left 'leg. Miller's injuries may resnib fatally. THE DATE CHANGED. Negroes Charged With Lylerly Mur der Will Be Tried August 6. Salisbury, Special.-The. special term of the Rowan county Superior ourt will be held on Monday, August 6th for the trial of the five ne'w'oes who are charged with the murder of the Lyerly family. Two Burned to Death. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.-James Conway, a city employe and Neal Conners, bartender, were burned to, death in the fire at Hotel Park. Sev eral wre overcome by smoke but were rescued by the firemen. Demurrer Sustained. Paloi, Ind.. Special.-Judge Bus kirk sustained the demurrer of Thos. Taggart and the other defendants, which mens that the receiver will no be apoointed for French Lick Flotel at this time. Attorney General Miller immediately gave notice of an aa1t the tate+ Supreme Court.