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Sr LASTER'S .misas p i TS INTERED X " AN DXS??HIT> ? j A?'?;0E:*"5S : ??I.iriTEI) :f G .?A? NE. j rji su-?'! - ^ * ii? * 'CSV Nfc- EtH'Sft <U '-!k ?l.?frn&oo ^ ??4W?feW44^4-* 4 ^ MUM* VO - ; 72 ??&?F?Elt), S. C., W?MESDA Y, MAY 8, 1907. l? HE N?T19NAL BANK if AUGUSTA, GA. L. C. HAYNE, President. FRANK G. FORD, Cashier. CAPITAL.$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 250.000 JTenhftli bc pl?as?l to har? yea 0j>ra ?ero??! "it h (alt Beak. Customer nan J correa o J ?au a? jurwl o? ?Terr conruty ua.l ?oo^ma oO:utoa rr<-?i .Ia nnaar eanaorratlve. mo-2<rB Baaicinx ?nr NO. 25 ggfjBJB pumo mm -i Occurrences of Interest From All Over South Carolina MANY ?TEMS OF STATE NEWS k ?&ttk qi" ?ive Paragraphs Cover ing ? Wide Bange-WL.r.t is Going OB in Our State. Tie Anni7sr8axy of Nation's Birth. An address issued to the superin tedents and teachers of .the public | schools of South Carolina bj; Gov. Ansel and Superintendent: Martin calls for a general'obs?"rvaiii?6-?f Mon--! day* May 13, th<f 300ttl birthday cf tbis Sountry. The address says: To the Superintendents and Teachers: . We^wish to suggest and request that you conduct some "special exercises:! kr you?' Schools'W'M?nd?yy May 13; ' ? 1907,-the 300th t-irthday-of our nation These exercises need not take much time-certainly not more than an hour J -but in that time the importance of th? date may be Brady., fixed?" Doubt less you have access to historical in formation, patriotic songs, appropri ate recitations, etc., which you ean^ I use in- a short "programme. Cr Tne children in our schools wiH take greater interest in the history jot our country, greater pride in the achievements of our fathers,, and make greater efforts in the future if we impress the importance *of Tthese occasions properly. It 'will not ^be amiss to teach thia object and impor tance of the Jamestown exposoition in this connection. Sincerely, M? ?\ Ansel, Governor. O. B. Martin, State Superintendent of Education. An Attempt to Wreck Train. Gaffney, Special.-It has just been learned here that some miscreant of miscreants attempted to Wreck a train in Cherokee Creek Sunday morning. There is a small trestle at that point which is about three miles north pf Gaffney. Two colored men were or? one end of. the trestle talking, when they saw a mau coming out of. the cut on the other.side.- He did-not-stop but a moment, stooped down and then jvent baek_ The colored menjpaid no "jaarr?c?l?r attention to the man at the lime, but finished their conversation, when one of them -Jim Crosby :s/eni across and when he got to the other end of the trestle!-discovered a-j ?l-?arge^irbn or steel bolt fastened to the "liraeki: Crosby reported the facts to Mr. W. A.. Harris, wholoosened .the Ibolt, -and brxragbt it to- Gaffney, .wheres j ]bu turned it over'to the-railroad auth orities. _ A- searching investigation wai?-ai'once instituted but nothing has been learned "as yet as to the identity i x the miscreant! About a .year ago tome ono. placed a-large cross tiet a-> cross the track of the Southern at the "same.pcifiE;'which-came near:wre?kiug Kof-35nfae fast night train. Coffin Placed at 'Front Door. Orangeburg, Special.-When Rev. E. M. ;Li^b;tfod^ pa^for of. the Orange- I burg Baptist CBufcfi" c?me out on the" ' front piazza facing court house square Thursday morning great was the sur prise to find a coffin placed on two benches just" by the door. On making cn examination h? fonnd the coffin to be empty with -? piece of paper- at - tached to the Ma) upon which was written : i ' This will be your box-on-June-lQr 3907., So...good-bye to E. M.. Light foot. P. S. Peace .to .his,, ashes. "Anon." When the incident became known throughout the city feeling ran i?^h against the unknown perpetrators of the"Outrage. There is no- cine to the .guilty partyi || 1 ? % ^ . *L/' Killed in Waverly. Columbia,- Special.-Another - mur der mystery with no clue to work oh has the city and", county authorities worried and suburban residents par ticularly idisturbed. While on his. way ..to his meat market on Taylor, street from his residence in Waverly .Mr, R. T. Wescott Was shot, through the. head and instantly killed as lie passed between two schoolhouses at the corner of Lady and Oak streets in Waverly at 5 o Relock in the morn ing. Mr. Wescott had just left his residence two blocks away down Oak street, but his body was not found tili half an hour later. Died of Pistol Wound. Lynchburg, Special.-Charles Hugh, es, 19 years old, of this city died last week at the home of his brother, in Campbell county from a pistol wound alleged to have been inflicted late Sat urday afternoon several miles below the city by John Bryant j a rilway c?n-: st ruction man. Bryant is alleged to have quarreled with. Hughes and to have shot him without further pro vocation. DISPENSARY SOHOOE: MONEY. C^ptr?Her/General to M?ke Distri butkm in Few Days. . Comptroller General /Jones. j#?jn a" few days send but to the various counties the last remnant of dis^.en carv; "school money"'"received from the old State dispensary. The distribu tion will be matte or? "the deficiency and-- enrollment basis and no large .amount- wit?l be received . by any ?sc-J^ol. Big Tbacco Plant For Mullina Helens, Special:-That the Ameri can" Tobacco Company Tn erecting here a jedrying leaf tobacco plant at the cc?t of $35,000 is evidence of the im portance of the tobacco 'industry of thi? section of the State. stfha^bffildf ir 80 by-.-lS6-feet in d?m?nsio$ o?. }-,:.'.;, ..?.a?rnc-ti ->i?.. is . well under, way . :.r, f'wiil be v:.-.\y :for-oeeupancy June 35. mW CAROLINA ?R?I Conditions for tb Fast Week aa 1 portei by the Department;"" ', The weather and Crop Bureau the Department t?? Agriculture .issi the follb^g.\bnlletin bf coridith for the week ending Monday; Af 29th. . ; \ ' The first of .the week was cool a rainy with high winds and g?n?ra cloudy weather; the middle'of 1 week was mild and pleasant, wh the last two days were cool a cloudy. , ,The weekly mean temperature ^ nearly three degt?es beloiv tiorffl m?i? the ^aV?rage pr?cipitatioh w more tha?.twic? - the norm?i ?id?ui There was a marked deficiency in su ihine throughout the entire week. The highest temperature : for t week was 89 degrees at Blacksville the 26th, the lowest'-was-39 d?gre at Greenville on the 25thi The precipitation .was ve~ry~~eVen distributed, all portions of the-Sta having- had from one to, two iaeh except tho- northwestern ti?r. ?f cou .ies which received from two tb ov three inches and' the extreme sout easterU. counties "where the amoun were ^generally below an inch. The following special rainfall r ports W?re receipt! by.telegraph ar includes the S a. iii. measurements < April . 29, 1907. Columbia i.S0 ine! es; Pelzer ?.50 inches; Chappels l.? inches) Blairs 2;?0 inches-; C?tawl 2.54 inches; Camden OM in clio: Saint Stephens inches j ?l?enda 0.94 of an inch; Blacksville 210 incl es; Charleston 0.30 of an inch; Ch raw 1.60 inches; Florence 2 02 inche: Greenwood 2.24 inches; Kings tn 2.96 inches; Saint George 1.70 inche: Saint Matthews 8-.60 "inches J Yema; see 0.56 of an ihfeh; Ch?r?ott?j N. ( 1.90 inches; Wilmington, & C. 2A inches; August?) Gri. 1.50 inches Savannah, Ga. 0.70 bf an inch J. W; BAUER, Sectioii Directo: : vs - , - * *? i *.?./". . gtat? Board bf H?aitu; Govv Absei has received from th "State Medical association aJist^?*--'' nominees for the executive^ of the State board.of healtv are as foll?wS} Robt, Wilson^ lesion; fi. T. Hall, Aiken; C; C brell, Abbeville'}'^ A? ??yn?, wood; W, J; Biu'deli, Lugor?; Jas [^ns^^^cgf?na^rFi Williams Qolumbia. ? At "?be meeting of the as soclati?n at Be?netfeville a'^few day: ago it was discovered that there wa: .some confusion concerning .?he issu /lng of :ccmamissii>?sl ?nd-jan examina tiqn of the books at the secreteary oi state Vj*, ice, fit ^ra? /ound that non< of* the -old -members recommended b^ .the association has been commission ^; iq .{..;.. . Spartanburg festival. * Spartanburg, "Special.-The South Atlantic States'. Musical: Festival un der the"auspices of the Converse Col lege Soeiety, hegan at Converse Col lege .auditorium Wednesday and were closed" Friday evening. There were three night concerts and two after .n0-?.n._??5??ris- ^"he music for Mie festival was furnished by Walter "Damroseh,' of the New York Sympb 'ony Orchestra. The artists were Ed ward Jolnisbh, tenor; Mme. Seimbrieh Mme.' ?issom De Moss, MioS Grace Muirson. The occasion was a notable gathering, of music lovers, and large crowds attended at every session. Spartanburg Buys its Own Watei Spartanburg, Special-An agree ment lias -been, reached between the city .and the Home Water. Supply Company whereby the . company 's plant is to be acquired for the sum of the neighborhood of $200,000. Mr. John B. Cleveland owns seven-eights of the stock of the water company. The city will probably take over the sy'em for operation about July 1. Aoout $75,000 will be spent in extend ing and improving the system to give the city the desired fire protection. Marion's Crew Exonerated. Charleston, Special-United Stales Inspectors of Vessels Capts. F. B. Rice and John T. Borden announced their-findings in the'investigation in to the burning and sinking of the steamer Marion in Wadlmalaw sound on Friday . 22, exonerated the officers and crew of the vessel from all blame for the casualty. I Blockaders Come to Grief. SpartanBuigv Special. - United St?tes Marshall Aiken, of Greenville, Deputy M?rshall ?cC?ain, of this city 'SRcb'Moss Hayn?s^repre?enting Sher iff- Nichols^ .capturfid"two big illicit stills near Campbello last week and arrested John Taylor and two men by the name of Reid, well-known men in their section". Charging ; them, with violating internal revenue laws and State whiskey laws*- the ..prisoners were ?nmgb/; io the'feity and loged in the county jarl. -: ? i.i Boy Killed by Liv* Wire, Spartanburg, S. C., Special.-While playing with an' electric light; wire that runs through -a .?ulvert under the tracks of the Southern Railroad,. Robert / Calvert, ;-aged 14 years, who lived 'with' his parents- in the village j?? .Beaumont, vwas' in^antly killed Monday morning about ll o'clock. fife Dead -Body Discovered By - Hfc father ASSUREDLY ME WAS MURDEREB Theory Advance That Child Was Murdered and Placed "Where Found as the Marsh Had Been Burned Off and Cleared Tour Wet&s Ago, and Child's Clothing Bore no Evidence of Fire. BbV?rj B?% Special.-?h? body of little Hor?c? Marvin; who dis?ppe?r-; ed froth th? farih bf his father afc Kitts Hammock, near here, March 4; was found Saturday afternoon in a marsh in a fair state of preservation. The spot where the body was found is about a half mile east of the farm house " town rd the Deleware river. Kitts Hamblodk: ls between ?eveh aud eight miles from ?i?ife and i? Without eoih municatio? with a.ay place. From iii formation brought by a hbrsemah it is learned that the clothes on" the child "were the same as he wore on the day he disappeared. The body was found lying1 face downward. Dr: Marvin at the moment the body was-fhUnri was ii?t r??dy tb s?y wheth?t- th? body bf his t?hiid was placed where it was found of whether; he believe? the child warider?d into the marsh ?rid lost his life; The marsh was frozen bv?r tb? day th? boy disappeared,: There -. i? ? theory that ine child was murdered and his body placed in the marsh as the,, long grass where the body was found was burned and cleared four weeks ago. It is said the body lay under a pile of grass and that the clothing showed no evi denc? bf having been tbti?hed by fir?: Hunter Discovers Sody; The bbdy was found by Ollie Fleas anton, a neighbor, who was gunning for ducks bn the marsh? He had the body bbrrie to the house ?hd cov ered with a sh??t .. Pl??s?nt?n hds figured lb. the ?ase since H?rhc? was 4" ' 'rSt reported that he had strange men who ap* *botit the top* was buttoned u? " si?cur?ly aoout iue body ?.hd riot a? articl? ?f .?lothing which h? had oh when he disappear ed was missing. His knit cap was .pulled over his face, and his mittens were on his hands. Dr. Marvin says he searched over the same marsh nearly every day since the disappearance and with de tectives burned the grass of the place four weeks ago but saw no signs of the body. The theory that the child has been recently placed where he was found is supported by the fact that Dr. Mar vin as wjell as detectives who stood on the spot when they burned the tall sage grass from it. Further than this the marsh has been trampled over time and again swithin the past week by. the neighbors and no sign of "the child wa* seen. Dr. Marvin went on a run to the pflfce" described by Pleasanton and gently picked up the little form, pull ing his cap from the face to make sure that it was his boy. Being sat isfied that it was his son, the doctor wrapped the remains in a sheet and earned them to the house, where he notified the family. Met With Foul Play. Div, Maryin is convinced that his son "met'with foul play. Shortly af ter the body was found he said: " Though I am unable to examine Horace closely until the coroner ar rives, I am certain he was murdered, his body brought fcack and left ly ing in. the" marsh to give the impres sion'that he wandered out there and died. The clothing showed no signs of being burned, as would undoubt edly been "the case had the body jain there when the fire swept over the marsh.' ' Four Small Children Cremated. West Branch, Mich., Special.-Four small children wers burned to death in the home of Martin Campbell, eight miles from here. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell had gone to a dance a mile away from their home, leaving their six little ones locked in the house. .They left a big fire in the stove and in some manner this ignited the house, which was destroyed. The children were awakened by the flames and the two oldest, aged 8 and 10 years, managed to escape. The four smaller ones perished. Doable Sentence For Wrecking Church. W?kesbarre, Pa., Special.-Peter Savage and Joseph Chonowsky were sentenced to three years imprison ment in the Eastern penitentiary at Philadelphia and to pay a fine of $500 and costs for wrecking with dynamite the- Welsh Congregational church Edwardsville, near here, two years''ago. Savageo confessed to the ' crrme^in court on Wednesday*and ini " plicated Chonowsky. President Defines Position. New York, Special-In a letter read Sunday before the Central Fed eration Union, President Roosevelt states that if evidence is submitted to him showing that there has been a miscarriage of justice for or against Moyer and Haywood, awaiting trial at Boise, Idaho, charged with the murder of former Governor Stueue berg?"he will bring such evidence to the attention of the attorney general for such action, if any, as it may he in the power of the Federal authori ties to take, ATTEMPT i RULE Effort Made to Blow Up Pres ident C?brera MINE ?MOBE? UNDER -HIM president of - Guatemala His a Nar row' Escape From Assassination Horses Attached ;io the Presiden tial Carriage Killed and the Coach man Injured, but the President Es capes Unscathed. Guatemala City, 'Guatemala, By ?abi?:-Estrada Cabrera, President 6f Guatemala, h?i*?>]y csetip?d as ?asitiatio'n: H? i?ti^?iis private resi dence at 7:30 in th|? Morning for his customary drive, accompanied by his staff. While passing'?a long Seventh avenue, between Sixteenth and Sev enteenth streets, an explosion, at first supposed to bave? been caused by a bomb, occurred, killing the horses attached to th? presidential Carriage, wounding the cofichm|rl find injuring Sevrai staff offi???rs/^telridiiig Gen eral ?reliario, i he titijfll' o?>>staff. The President whp'|was not injur ed, displayed great,presence of mind. Alighting from the carriage, he in spected the surouudin* and then re turned ott f??t to hisl&teidence, ? C?re'f'tji ?sathihatj^slioWed that th? explosion h?d ff?tth. Caused dot by a bomb/but by a mine. The cori Spirators dug a tunnel from one of a group ol houses rerii^d by a man tiariied Rafa?l f?c??fe placed explo sives under the rb'alw%-:?nd ?'oiiil?ct ed them by a wire with a battery iii Rodil 's house, and from there dis charged the raine. Many suspects have been arrested, but il. is not kti'JWh whether th? foimd-be assas sins fire among thehi. . The President has received many ?Congratulatory messages od bis es cape. Peace prevails Ihr?p^hout Guate iriala find the government officials say they kav? the station Well under Control, ._ _ " Coldest April in peal's, ?xp?nenceo; Ult Ul?_ ...wlUC teri/.ed by fi succession of Cold spells which swept Southward over' thc fiori IHW Rocky Mountain slope a?J gradually spread Southward aud eastward over tte entire country east of the Rocky Mountains. The cold was almost continuous , except . for brief intervals of a day or so f-f warmer weather, and it closes with remarkably low temperatures in the interior valleys and the southwest. Snow Covers Iowa. Des Moins, Iowa, Special.-Snow covers the entire State of Iowa from a depth of from 3 to 8 inches. Tn Des Moines and central Iowa it is eight inches, according to government report. Interviews with leading horiicultuialists indicate that all the small fruit is irretrievably killed. Sleet in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wis., Special.-A rain and sleet stonn developed into a fall of 6 inches of snow in this vicinity most of which remains on the ground. Michigan Has Snow. Detroit, Mich., Special.-A severe snow storm is prevailing over the up per part of the lower peninsula of Michigan, with high cold winds. Chisholm Case Continued. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-In the Federal Court the case of Alexander R. Chisholm, former paying teller of the First National Bank of Birming ham, who is alleged to have embez zled. $100,000 of the bank's funds, which he lest in cotton speculation, was again continued until Wednesday because Chisholm's leading counsel was engaged in another court. Mrs. Laura Talbot Ross Dead. Louisville, Ky., Special.-Mrs. Laura Talbot Ross, one of the best known women in Louisville and Ken tucky, died at her home here at the age of 82. She was one of the or ganizers of the Albert Sidney John ston chapter, Daughters of the Con federacy, and the grandmother or Laura Talbot Galt, a young Miss who created a sensation several years a?o by declining to sing 'Marching Through Georgia" in a public school, chorus, her refusal being especially honored some time later by an Au gusta, Ga., camp of United Confed erate Veterans. Dual Tragedy in Georgia, Rochelle, Ga., Special.-News hos just reached here of the shooting pf Grover and Frank Nasworthy by Wil liam Harrison, at the latter's place. 8 miles from here. Grover is report ed dead and Frank fatally wounded. The Nasworthys and Harrison are brother-in-laws. Details are lacking, but it is said there has been bad blood between the men for some time. Stromboli in Emption. Messina, Sicilly, By Cable.-Some of the inhabitants of the island of Stromboli, who have fled from there and reached this city, describe the emption of the Stromboli volcano as terrific. The detonations were deaf ening. Red, burning stones, ashes and cinders were thrown up, and about a thousand feet over the top of the volcano, which is 3,040 fee! above the level of the sea, z.> :;? melase umbrella-shaped, cloud, forujei' Death Foi ? s fa feh? Wak? of Fire Dzmj? BODIES OF THREE RECOVERED Four ?tii?f Men ?ni?mb?d, Believ ed Dead and Four" ??iref?iy Sur*= cd-Disaster Occurred" ai W?ippW Mines in Leap Creek District of West Vtt/rinia; i? Shaft 450 Feet Deep. Charleston, W. Va., Special.-Three men were killed, four were severely burned aud four ethers are entombed arid probably dead ag a result of a min? explosion at the Whipple Mines in the Leap Creek district Wednes day afternoon:' The three dead meii whose bodies have been recovered are : Hudson Bergess, motorman"; Erastus Wiley, sprinkler. Ira Kelley, driver. The men missing who are suppos ed to be dead are: Robert Armstrong, Raleigh Tucker, Charles Bergess and William Wilton, ? hegr?\ Fo?r injured men, who wei-? taken to the State Miners' Hospital at Mc Kendree were: Henry Milton, white, a stable boss, and three unknown, white men. The mine where the explosion oc curred is a shaft 450 feet deep. It has two (medina's and belongs to the Dix son interest^ Who also own the Stu art Mine* Where ah ex-plosion occur red last January,- that killed fl? mon. The explosion- Wednesday tift^r noon occurred at about 3:30 o'clock In the main return heading, about 1,M feet from the foot of the shaft. Many Wom?ii Surfe in Fi?fl. Chicago, Special.-More than ?00 persons were penned in a burning building at 255 Wabash avenue, and narrowly escaped with their lives. Fully half of these persons were in jured iii the panic to escape, but none Js expected to die, Many of those who were_ only slightly hurt made oil' in the confusion Without assist** Several received their injp^ assisting women fror* The building is.?*"''" the flrft *^ .bv A1 /"??y -lie Lotus ^ upper floor1* . The injured were -us or employes of the ciub. The inside of the build .ug was burned out, causing ? loss of $50,000. >- . . . . Capt. Bason Dead. Charlotte, N. C., -Special.-Capt. George F. Bason, well and favorably known throughout this section died at his home in Gnstonia Wednesday at ll o'clock. Ai the time of his death and for a number of years Capt. Bason has been counsel for the Southern Railway. He was 63 years of age, served with bravery and dis tinction in the Confederate army, was a man of deep learning and great popularity. By Telegraph. The Italian bark Orienta is ashore and her crew is missing. Atlantic City was "dry" and many visitors were disgusted. Stuyvesant Fish says the trouble with Wall street is dyspepsia. The Census Bureau will give Nash ville her dues in thc-matter of popu lation. Mayor McCellan, of New York, has made peace with Tammany. News of thc signing of a peace compact between Salvador and Nica raugua was received in Washington. Commission Rejects Report. Richmond, Va., Special.-In ?rn opinion handed down Wednesday the State corporation commission dis Jisapproved and rejected the report of a New York consulting actu ary to the State insurance commis sioner, at whose instance an in.yes'i rration of the Life Insurance Com pany of Virginia was conducted. The commission has ordered that the re cords of the hearing before thc com mission shall be kept as the only true statement of the condition of the affairs nf |he company to date. Two Bodies Float Ashore. Pass Christian, Miss., Special.-The drowning of five men of the schooner Sioux' on Monday night came to light when the bodies of two floated ashore and a third body was seen o*T shore. The missing include Captain James Connelly, formerly of Balti more. He and the four sailors start ed to row' out to their schooner Mon day evening, but they never reached the vessel. The Sioux is from Bilo::i. Miss. Name Camels After Roosevelt. Washington, Special.-W. W. Hew ell and E. S, Truesdale, of Broome county, New York, who have recently been traveling in Europe and Africa and elsewhere, were among the Presi dent's visitors. They told the Presi dent that he was the best known man in the world and that in Egypt they found at least 10,000 camels named after him. May Day PasseB Quietly. New York, Special.-As has hean expected May Day passed in New York-with little evidences of friction between employes and employers. There were some small strikes i:i the city and vicinity, but ::o!ie of them was of serious proportions nf impos sible of early settlement. Of thife life*, most important was a..-inst the navigation ??uji.pru.^pr orating coastwise steamers, American-Officer Takes Hand in Affairs OF SOUTH AMERICAN PROVINCE Commander of United States Gunboat Marietta at Puerto Cortez Orders Arrest of Chief of Police and Pat rolman, Nicaraguan Officers and Soldiers Following Brutal Assault on Negro. Puerto Cortez.-''General*' Davis, colored, was brutally assaulted at Pu erto Cortez, April 27, by Nicaragaun soldiers, and may die. Commander Fuilam, of the United State* gunboat Marietta, ordered the arrest ol' Niearaugan officer* and sol diers and if the man die? they will he tried for murder. Fuilam has as suffiCd charge. Davis is not an officer. His name is "General" and his home is at Boyce Station, Lett Uriana. Commander Fuilam's orders were sharp, and decisive. "Arrest the chief of police, and the policemen engage.l in the assault, put ihem in irons, and send them aboard ship. Arrest tho Niearaugan officer? and men engaged in the assault and hold them for or ders." , lt was thought possible that an at tempt would be( made to release thc soldiers and police" captured by the bluejackets, so men were (aildftl from the Paducah lo occupy Laguna and additional men were landed from the Marietta. The Parucah moved lo a position fron lin 2 the Nicaraguan euartels while thc Marietta covered tho euar tels in Hie port. Captain Fuilam, finding that the civil authorities were incapable of maiiltflihin** order, that the govern ment of Tegucigalpa was *?- -e pro visional a.ure"-"*'^' .caders ar*J ?nee of si the an ti, only or va - here un handing the ..? had in thc .a from r?n outing. ..nilgen officers and men "tr; were delivered by Captain <aliara's orders to Gencrrl Estrada. wit? was advised Hint t!-y would 1.1 held responsible. Notice wr. : served upon the Honduran and Nicharaugan authorities thai reparation would bc demanded and punishment must be in flicted on all of thc perpetrators of the outrage. Eotcl Carr-olina Burned. Durham, N. C., Special - The Carr-olina, Durham's principal hotel, was i entirely ilcstroy destroyed by fire of unknown ori gin which was discovered in one of the rooms in the north wing at 11:1.3 o'clock Thursday night, There were between 50 and 75 guests in the hptel and all escaped without injury ST far as can be ascertained, though nearly ill of them lost their personal eifetls. For a time the entire block was threatened and assistance was asked of the Raleigh department, but tlie local firemen mastered Hie situation before this aid could arrive. The ho tel was the property of Col. Julian S. Curr and was under the management of Mr. Alphonso Cobb. The loss will reach #100,000 and the amount of in surance is not known at this time. The hotel is located near the union de pot in the centre of the town, lt is authoritivcly stated that no one was injured though there were several narrow escapes. The hotel was erect ed in 1803 at a cost of #90,000. It was insured for $40,000. The cause of the fire cannot be learned. laird Flirting of Colton in Louisiana Now Orleans. Special.-A third .Ianting of cotton will bc necessary 'n l incoln parish, Louisiana, on a/ cb'unt of tho unseasonable weather. Overflows caused hy heavy rains are the cause cf Hie latest disaster to ..kc en.p. The farmers' one ray of hope in the situation i:? that the wet weath ?i" hrs in some measure drowned out :he boll weevil. Walls of Dam Give Way. San Antonio, Tex., Special.-A special from Chinhuahua, Mex., savs: Without an instant's warning the great walls of thc Chivuscar dam gave way engulfing nearly 40 men under the enormous weight of masonry and waler, between 15 and 20 of whom are dead, 13 injured and others un accounted for. Some of the injured will die. The disaster is-only the last of a large number which have recently claimed nearly 200 vid.ms in this State, and mostly in the neighbor hood of Chihuahua. George Fox Kills Fred. Muse. Spencer, Special.-Fred Muse, col ored, was shot and killed here early Thursday morning by George Fox, a fellow laborer, at the Southern Rail way cinder pit on the Spencer yards. It is learned that Fox, who worked on the night shift, went to sleep while on duty and that Muse attempted to awaken him by holding a lighted rag .under his nose. This enraged Fox and a quarrel followed, which was re newed at intervals duri mr the night. Cotton Buyers in Session. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-At a meet ing here of the Southeastern Cotton Buyers' Association presided over by President George A. Nicholson, many questions of importance to the buyer? were discussed. The relations 1 e tween the cotton merchnt and the p?,v ducer, as well as the relations K tween the merchant and the spinner, and VP-ulations to exchange these vc? -n ?mp* !he i ... Prominent; buyers Lom i?aay Southern cities w$re in attendance. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Reavy rains have fallen in New South Wales. American tourists now throng the Paris boulevards. The Board of Magistrates of New York City voted to wear gowns on the bench. The outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis at Belfast shows no sign of diminishing Organized labor leaders are re garded in Washington as bitterly op posed to President Roosevelt. A notorious brigand, Stanislaus Lis, the author of ninny orim**, has been captured at Lnblik, Russ'a. Magistrate Cornell said that crime In New York City has become a busi ness and was never more prevalen Enrico Alfano, accused o.* two murders in Italv. was ordered back to Haly in irons from New York City. Victorious Honduran rebels fo'??ht amone: themselves at Tegucigalpa until the Nicaraguan troops arrested them all. ' President Finley, of Ibo Southern Railway, in ft speech at MobUe. t?u\ that railroads mus? borrow io make necessary improvements. At. Stockholm. Sweden, the Vir?t Cbambr-ir of Parliament adopted the i renort of the committee reducing the duty on unground maize. An association of Cane Town busi ness men has been formed to secure the permanent establishment of a diamond cutting industry in the col ony. Governor Hagarman, of New Mex ico, has resigned, and Cantata Geo. Curry, a former Rough Rider, has ! been apDointed by the President to succeed him. The stone pile as-a punishment for Chicago confidence men. pickpockets j and other "crooks," instead of fines, is provided under the new vagrancy ? law in the Illinois Legislature. j THE RESULT OF EFFORT. ' It is plain t'b?c the modern world tue world wa liva in-has gained greatly in acquiring refinement of m&nner in all sorts of intercourse. We consider indeed, that we are quite en tirely removed from savagery, we have grown to believe th?t other hu man beings are entitled to considera tion because they are human beings, says Florene? Jackson Stoddard iu Pictorial Review. * This is not only the result of re ligious teaching, it is 'the result of the'spread of business relations and general education. It is -ibo result o? the effort and desire io be in the iront rank in everything. The" best people, the best tom, '.he best bred, the best educated, are 'the moat re fined, as a rule. Now and then one meets a person of ai?le or no educa tion and of hiimible birth and associa tions who hsx notumlly that fine qual ity of character which causes com plete refinement of manner and feel ing. But even this person has been unconsciously influenced by living ia the country where refinement is g?n ?ral. The north lhere it stand3, protected by the io? trust, announces the Boston Transcript. PROMINENT PEOPLE. William J. Bryan was In a run away accident at St. Johnsbury, Yt., but was unhurt. Bishop Plato was elected Arch bishop of ,lhe Russian- Orthodox:' Church in tho United States. ' It is announced that the President is to take a long period of rest and recreation, beginning June 12. Senator Redfield Proctor, of Ver mont, is one of the largest holders la municipal real estate, in the.country^ James J. Hill is said"to~never leek his ofilce desk, and allows none of his immediate employes to lock theirs. The German Kaiser has founded, ' out of his private treasury, a manu factory of majolica ware on his esr late near Cadi nen. 7r was announced that General Sandoval, the" veteran Mexican sol dier of fortune, was fighting for Hon duras again Nicaragua. ' Winston Churchill receives a roy alty of thirty cents per volume, and already his receipts from one book are said to have been $150,000. Lieutenant-Commander Robert E. Peary says he believes he will be suc cessful in reaching the North Pole'in the expedition on which he is now about to start, and Morris K. Jesup, his financial backer, expresses the same belief. William Dudley Foulke, ex-chalr man of the special commission of the National Civil Service Reform League and ex-United States Civil Service Commissioner, has arrived in St. Petersburg to study the methods of thc Russian Parliament. Colonel Hugh L. Scott, superinten dent of West Point, has been most successful in capturing savage chiefs, both ia this country and in the Phil ippines. He owes part of his prow- , ess to his remarkable understanding of the sign language's' used by the North American Indians. ' - FASi-IlOXS IN GOWNS. Short skirts are bound to become popal:r ?3 a result ot' their adoption by Mrs. Roosevelt. Already Washing ton society has given itself to imita tion of several now spring abbreviat ed gowns worn by the wife of the President, and the style has-, even crept into Fifth avenue. One of Mrs. Roosevelt's gowns, is a soft gray plaited skint, a full three inches above the ground, with a half-fitting coat trimmed in Persian-braid. The effect is distinctly (laillorish and smart, al though wemen 0:" low 'stature will think twice before approving it. With; the gown Mrs. Rcc.-.ovelt wears a hat of black Milan braid, made in - tw"' sections. The crown is laid in fol along the brim, and in the folds small white rosebuds, surrounded u maiden hair fern. Uncurled ostrich tips in black and white are clustered at the left side. The hat is very trim in appearance, and yet does not rob Mrs. Roosevelt of her becoming air of matronlmess.-New York Press. 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