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After The Confligratiop. The Kxtent of tre CataM11 phe Not Kxaggeraud, $1 *25,000,"On lleiog Swept Away in '24 Honrs. Baltimore, Fob. 0.?A great cloud was lifted this afternoon vrhenit was discovered that prac-t; cally all the vaults and atronj reoma sad aafea of the tinuneiul ranearas whosa buildings won daatroyad arauahurt. A treraondaas lose in aeeuritiea had haan aaticipatad hare sad whan vault aftar vault yialdad up its treaaures uaharmed, tha joy of tho guardians was boundlas*. $200,000,000 TAKEN FROM ltUINS. From tho Coatinental Trust Couij nay's safes alone papers to the amouat of more than $200, 000,000 ware recovered. Tho news cheered the whole city an 1 enaouraiiad t in mediate and thorough investigation: merchants and their assistants, amoko-soiled and he-griinmed and hollow*e\cd t :.i? ??.i ii. . II If III *11 \111 T *11111 lfl?> U1 j , worked like laborers in tho smoking ruins to uncover their ?afos and in nearly evarv instance they were rewarded by intact contents. TWO UIO CONCERNS KsCAl'E. Another surprise was the diseovary that two financial concerns whoie horu*s wore directly in the paths of tho flames, wcro practically unharmed. These wero the Morcantile Trust Company and ltrown Bros.' Bank. 1 ho oic-ipe of the buildings ib attributed to thn l?u*lr iif hr>i rlit 'I liar <l.i mil exceed four etnrios and as they were surrounded 1?v lofty structures tlio flames iwept over tliem. Tboro are between ?11 ,('00,000 and ?12,000,000 now in the vaults of tho sub-Troa.-ury, :>f which over *7,000,000 are in gold. The remainder consists of currency, silror end minor coin. I.OSS AND INSUKANCK. Ae yet no figares on loss and insurance that can he regarded aw flicial are obtainable. A careful canvass of insurance experts, builders and business men placed the loss ia round lignrs at $125,0$0,000 and tho insurance at from $ 0,000,000 to $00,000,000. Ii it probable that these estimates will stand with alight change when the fiaal figures nro written Much valuable property that lay in Moaday's lira path was saved by the prompt alTorts of merchants, aad in that section the stock lasses will he lighter than elsewhere. A. V.ERY CLO?E CALL "1 stuck tomy engine, although avory joint ached nud every norvo was raekod with pain," writes O. W. Hell amy, a locomotive fireman, of Hurlington, Iowa. "I was weak and pale, without any appetite and all run down As 1 was ahout to givo up, 1 got a bottle of Electric Hitters, and after taking it, I foil as well as 1 ever did in my life. Weak, sickly, run lll\tvn nrmnln oln.m ? "?I" ....... i uu fi ii n i >t n ) o nu w life, strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction guarantocd by Crawford Bros1 and J. F. Mtckey & Co., and T. Eugene Funderburk. I'rieo nO cents. '1 he aggregate value of property reduced to u*hct is 140 acres in the heait of Baltimore equals one-half the value of h 11 property in South Carolina is assessed for taxation city ar.d county, land and buildings, house hold effects, plato and jewelry, stock# and bonds, railroads, cotton mills and other industries, flocks and herd* and other dome** tic aniunlsf?The State. ?Three very desirable houses and lots for sale within the next 30 days, T. S.Carter, Tiie Bank Robbers Met Warm Receplkn. i* Lively Tiin-j in Town of St. - ^ (Jcerpe's. l'olicvid T h u t n 1'wo i f thy Uari^ Wuro S Madly Hurt. p p Special to l ho Statu. p St. Georpos, Feb. 9. ? in for- '* (nation by long dUtnnco telephone 11 was received l?y Walker S. Ft aey, acting irUondant, last night ? to tho elFtct that t'ae bank here would bp robbed by four suspici- C1 I'ous mon who pot. aboard the eve . ? sing train ut Seven Mile June tioti, near (Jharlastoti. M An extra force of men was put w 011 ami about 1 o'clock the rob- 81 bers citmo in town. Thev were * ' tired up >n l>y two of the police- ^ men and a genet nl fusiladu follow^ ? ed. fl From evidence gathered this s morning two of the {Ting wore " badly hurt, but suoc cded in getting away Tliov went to* wards llr&nchville, whereupon ^ Chief Mixon teiographod th* olli ' .or at thnt p'aco, lVunbarg and " Orangeburg to look out for them n ill i t" DO Ed 10 TKOUBLRS. j ? It is exceptional to find a family (_ wlu re thero arc no domestic nip p mre? occasionally mil tnoso c.nn ho lessened by having I>r. Kind's * New Life L'llls around. JMueh. ' trouble tboy save l>y tho greut ft work in Stomach end Livor Iron- e hie Thov not only relievo you, \\ but euro. *2">, at Cra vford Bros' '[ and J. F. M ickey & Co., and T. ^ Fug no Funderburk Drugstore. | b Figures on Baltimore Fire. j n K i According to tho figures, the destruction wrought I?y the Haiti- v inni' fire dost not approximate * that occasioned by the grout ^ Chicago tire of 1871. i? that cose the property lonn was $190,- I1 000,000; in this $125,000,000. v In Chicago 17,450 buildings woro 1! burned and 200 lives lost; in ^ Bnltimoio tho burned buildings 51 numbered 2,500 and tlioro uns no s Iocs of life. In Chicago 2,TOO 1( acror were dorastatcd, in Haiti* l' more 75 blocks. The Chicago ^ liro loft 70,000 peoplo homeless; 1 the one bright spot av.iidst Haiti- " morn's desolation is that llie firo 8 barely touched the residence por* ^ tion of tho city and that thore are a few homeless people in const* j quruco. The property destroyed, ' too, appears to have bacn insured 0 ' \ f r about 75 per cent of its value. I ^ It is said that $30,000,000 of tho ^ $00,000,000 of insurance is held / in Now York. Tho remaindor of a it is doubtless wcdl distribute 1, ' : o mm h of i;, no doubt, in foreign m i companies, of which .?>ererul pow- j, erful on?s, notably English and German, de large business in the i'nilod States.- Charlotte Ob- j a war vol'. I tl When Cotton whs selling fori J i ' five end six cents a pound trio I o. publishers of many weekly papers i (. 1 reduced llio price to one dollar a if year. They probably now realize o the umvisd on of that course., o v, lit n eve ything thut goes to t make a newspaper and to keep 1 the nitUoib of newspapers ulivo v has advanced in price. Any week- J ly paper worth reading is> worth t i'%2 u year, according to present 1 standards.?The State. t r rind nbno- m.? ? i?>:nc<ly !>>r lit- j ] ' v \ t , |V ill fit r t i: I ~ ...... ... .v. / ..cA I] t v..* i < i.-esicins. I. ('lip . V .* I i'.'.l !.f liMVV' 1 (t 11(1 lit tin. i i j*? ? : i , lii; i rfroKli- i ' ? ;?, iii'i ' .liii .. s (lit. S!jt;ENTii F. //ilxCJf.'S. i * i : ^ rjLy C.-so f.Umi'jcts.ing tr., Macon, Ca. t-i 'I lit Daa 1 Head Record. h Senator Tillman insy be int< r? ted in tho bii.l introduced in mo p .cgieUtura which will requite ill if nilroa ! companies to furnish Uc g tcrolary of t>t*to with a lut of u ul?lic officers who travel on free td s??ej. Remembering that un- o| leasant incident in the West nnt 8 >ng ago when ho lost hia pn$>os, i> o might desire to have the hill n ofeatod, ant that ha is ashamod pi f bis record, perhaps, but simply 2 ir the raaeota that ha does not t< are for any undc.e publicity ro nrdin^ his free dealings with Ihol <* c~? unsportatiou companies. There J jetm to he some doubt as to S hether ho uceopts these courtees. We liave been informed ci iut the senior Senator from onth Carolina travels 011 mileage b n the Southern railway, but we re likcwiso informed on what b ppsurs to bo the moat reliablo uthority that at I ho time of his b >ph in the West an oflicial notice as posted in the union station ut 11 '.olumhin, saving that Senator 'illuian's Southern railway pass hs missing Tho statement was Unmade, wo are in foi Med, that l> lie notice mentioned the fact that is pass was good on all divisions J ci f the system except in South j '. 1 ri>1 inn tf llml ik! li'ii# Sir nn I 1> tr Tillman is the bast parson 1o nswer just why ho should huro n i$ ticket it-sued in that way. At ny rate, tho Baumgard bill, if ci nucted, will settle tho question 1 dispute for even if .Senator n 'illiuan does not ride free in .this tste, it will sho v whether he, ?s b n oUiccr of tho State, is on tho uh.i head list of tho corporation i b o fought so bitterly while he wm over nor. b It was also developed that rhen ho attended tho mooting of, a< lie board of trustees of Winthrop ? 'ollege, travelling from Washing, y nn to Keck Hill- for that pur-j S u so, ho charged full fare, which ii .as paid out of iho funds of the , s< isititution This, too, might call a ?r explanation. Ordinarily, the p ublic might tako no intcrost in ' c uch personal affairs, lint its cur- | hi was aroused when tho news- j o wpors printco the account of that ! ree tiekot robbery out West, and \ g L will ho aroused to an even a renter pitch if tho Legislature tl hould insist on the record being tl led. ? Greenville News. a ? - - ----- ~~ w v\ON/)ERFUL NERVE. Is displayed hv many a man ? ndnring pains of accidental Cuts, Vounds, Hi tmcs, Burns, Scalds, lore feet or stiff joints. But ^ here's need for it. Bueklen's (j irnica Salvo will kill the pain j >.)d euro the trouble. It's tho oht Salvo on earth for Piles, too. ^ oc\ iii uraivToni isros and .1. J*'. lackey & Co's., and T. Rugene ^ 'uuderburk's, Druggist. The population of Russia ia ^ bout 129,000,000, or three timca C( iiat of Japan. Her area ia 50 h imea us mueb for Japan. ii Ins only 147,069 square miles,or '' bout live times as large us South J, 'aroliua. Rossi i's active army j i 1,341,210 while Japan's is g nly 141,770. The lighting force f each country is about four imes as much as the active force, i tlisslHM nil v v consists itf in ore I ^ v&r voxels and guns than that of ? hipan. Russia's bate of operaions is so far away from St. 'etcrfcburg that it will be difficult o concent rata troops and provis- Jj on the army. As tw location Ja n mil lias a great advantage. CrtJLDUKN POISON KZ) Many children are poisoned and undo nervous and weak, if not tilled outiight, by mothersgiving hem cough syrup* continuingopi* j ites. Foley's Honey and Tar i s a safe and certain remedy for 1 ;oughs, croup and lung trouble, ? ind 'a the only prominent cough ' uedic'ino that contains no opiate > ^ jr other poisons. j ritinon Report 9,485,537 Bale*. TV'aahinglos, Koh. 9.?The vc? ort istusd by the siM Bureau ?lay of tho (ju.mlity of cotton inned from t'-te growth of 1903 p to and including Jan. lt?. 1904, low* th.it 30,17 I ginneries wore perAtoJ nml tn&t these git.?o.| 9,* 49,277 commercial l>alo*. Count* ig round 1 aire as halMudes th# umhor ii 9,485,537, winch cornnrrii with 8,3o4,5<?3 ajd 10,588, 50 hale* to Deo. 13, 1902, anil ? March 14, 1903, reapoctively. The cotton ginned from crop rowti in 1903 up touud including hu li), ltm*, is given by tlio tatea and Territories as follow*: Alabama, 1,020,55)2 connneral balsa. Arkansas, 004,110 commercial ales. Florida, 50,174 commercial ilea. Georgia, 1,307,1(51) commercial ales. Indian Territory, 299,553 comlercial balsa. Kansas, 55 commercial ba!e-j. Kent nek v. 563 commercial bales Louisnnn, 820,31 f commercial ales. Mississippi, 1,307,489 comnier iul hales. Missouri, 2,329 commercial ales. North Carolina, 541,14G comlercial hales Oklahoma, 191,095 ceoiroerml hales. South Carolina, 7S8,714 cotnlercial ha Us. Tennessee, 010 commercial ales Texai, 2,505,588 commercial alos. Virginia, 12,255 commercial alei. In the report issued today no ccount has been taken of lintcrs btainod by the cotton scad oil lilla from re-ginning cotton sicd. tutislici of such cotton will bo tcluded in the linsl report of this anion, which report will be issued bout March 15. The linal reort will distribute the crop by ountics, segrogato upland and !ea Island cotton and giro weights f bales. Tho Cmaus Oftico is now on* aged in tho computation of the verago weight of tho hale for his crop from data furnished by [lo ginner* and eo.ton weighers, rid a statement giving the results rill b i published about Fob. 15. AVE!) FKOM IERRIBLE DEAT/f. The family of Mrs. M L. Bobiit of Bargertou, Tenn., saw her ying and were power loss to save or. ihe most skillful physicians nd every remedy used, failed, hilo consumption was slowly but nrely taking her life. In this iriiblehour Dr. King's New Disorery for Consumption turned cspuir into joy. The lirst hotilo ronght immediate relief and its ontinued use completely cured or. It's the most certain cure 1 the world for all throat and ing troubles. Guaranteed lot tie 502 and $1.00. Trial Botles Free at Crawford Bros' and . F. Maekey & Co., and T. Eu ene Funderburk Drug store. < ^ rs. ir* r; a: jt*. . tj,B /j \ .u Kind Veil l!n-p Always Bough. T* Notice to Pensioners. I nil! he ut the Court Housa every ntur i .y 1 <i January 1M0I, to me^t c w applicants for Pensions, and to ix ail i'eiieion Papers in a condition o go before the County Pen ion Hoard P.enin elfuily \V H. HKUOK Pen C? in Li. C. MUNBY TO LOAN I hi\vu nindf arianip-ttiei ta l>v wl.ich <\?u ii- jjofial*- loaiiH o< $300 Qt) and mwu'da lir.-t on im ?rnv< d cation farina at 7 |? r o^nt In* ?i-f.-t a .tin of $ .000 CO and over itid v < i.t ii,;> :? s! on t>!unx of it ?? h- n i\o - oin iiUniio. Hi rv' d, only a re.*? luaoiile for f n libit met of tiilo. It E. WYIJE, / ? "* 1 " ? "jkc-?cr kh?i | rrr,r.>i. j.-wW ''J!-: ? "d ? I ....i.-is"-.- itr-r?--nannx~.,. ?.:..:,i,j.i6r ? - I WSX^it: r** " *" -"A ;jK ~ ??. * i> I -rv .. x _ . . .V" AVegclable Preparation For As- i : similaling the Food andRcgula- 1 ting the Stomachs andDowelscr J; Promotes Digcslion.Cheerful- ' nr ss and Rest.Contains neither t Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. ;2t| ~So T^ARCOTIC. 72wpr vf OM I*"SAML7ELPITCHKIl f /ImpAut Se*J>- v sflx.Smna * J fiorktltn .Wit ? J /4ii*. W/ * 1 AmtmmM - 7 />7 C*rin*u\h fed* % Harr(tSe*i/.Ctmtfitd .0/fnr Itialrrj/rrH- Haver: / Apeifocl Remedy forConslipn- -X Ron, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ncss and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of aWdfzssz. NEW YORK. ? /"' ^ ^ ?- ??-J . EXACT COPV OF WRAPPER, m r*r 1 is s ? i? 1*8 * o s s s 2 . m a ? rq q ? t-vsca -CJ ? *C O r, J ^ -g-vjut -.So ? oJ ts ^x-r, 3 2-5 tt .2 a ? EES - ? q 0> * ? JM -jo j_ fj ' jq o m J3 S - -c - A ? **=?* -si ? % ^ *2 ^ 3 z ^ ^ ? ^ ' ^1 I I ^ *L od ^ O p< ij *\ ?P$jk x -J .2 ^ f ? o T* ?/ -H ?> g " ? (3 .S ?* H c> s S g -? ? ? g GSSli ? 3 ^ ? *5 ~ 2 '&> I " ?3 < o q ? q _, & *?--** w-. 3 n q ^3 a- q . ?? V a ~ *S .2 o & -O ^ J ^-J u-? /*: jkEi ci t> u 'H ^ .*?!? ?5 o - y s c Q o ' n" s -g -g $ "3 If -? H-5- ? S.J ?| *5J r 22 2 ~ ? g |. ? C ^ ^ a c. q i- lbs _ a> _a ? OJ - ? '.? E?j j3 ^ S3 ft /i S3 ? Mifcv ?*W q q ii > ;' ft.' ? ,V) * *C? ? ? J ^ | ^ ?**"* C-. ;> r3 5- - v~ J. 1MRRY FOSTER. Attorney at Law, LANCASTER, S. (\ jpfty* < olloetions u specialty. Auditor's Notice. Notice is hereby given that litis ol flee wili lie open front the 1st day o Jaim ?ry to the 20ilt day or February 1904, for the purpose of receiving lit return.* of lite taxpayer! of h % ornate County. Ail persons having Z property i their pos-e--ion or control, as man cers, holders or js husband. parent guardian, tiuntce, rx<cu'or. adminis lrnfr r, receiver, accounting ofll e? ngcitt, attorney, or factor on (he Fit* day of January 1904. ar v required t list (lie same for taxation within th time rr qui rod by law or incur th pena'ty or Fifty tie:* cent, which at tachm it case of failuic t ? do so. Tin* full tax of One Dollar is iai upon all male persoi a between tb ages of 21 and 60 years, except person who are maimed and in a'de t ? earn support and i o? federate soldi, rs. For the conv< nioiicc of the pul?li tb.o Auditor or m? Jissi-tntit will atteti ti e following (duces in tuc County o th ? days named. Osce da, Tues Jan 5lh, 12 to 3 o'clooi Pleasant Va'ley, Wednesday Jan 6. Helai**,Thursday Jan 7 Van Wyck, Friday J::n*6th, 5) to 1 o'clock. Dix? * n. tn , Dwighr, p. ni., Monda Jmi ll'li. Tradesville, Tuesday Jr/n 12tl?. Taxahiw. Wednesday J 13: li. Flu' Cre?'k church, Thursday Jan h Dr <\ C Welsh's, Friday Jan lfit'i. Primus Saturday J uiuary 18th to 1 o'clock. dalle Gold J/ir.e, Monday Jvm 18th. Kershaw, Thursday and Wed no* la J .hi it) li and 20th. death Splines. Tuesday Jon 21st. Plea* .lit id 1 Friday Jan 22to2<p. i I)ry t'rerk. Mm day Jan 25:11 Under an act ?>f 'he ley(stature, a p-rs ns '.at- lug a yr *-? income of $2 500 or more, are ie<j fir- <1 to make return of the same ?o the Audit r i the tiim-of making Jhcir <> Iwr r ft urn f? will ho to the li-lerrf fc of t?vn impiiyc Jo mnkc Ms r oom prompt) f nil peitM nnJ | iop?ofy; also < ! :? i mtisfrr.* or irnpr V(-m>'o!p < it r? i stole ?inl - i\> i?.e pern- : \ <>' r() m cep which n-hiche* h t ? flic 20t <>f Febru Vj Ihspi'Ctfuli v J NO x. 4 OOK, ? onii?y A toll tor, For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the jf% ? Signature />0 J) !jv Jv In. hj> Use U> For Over Thirty Tears ir i^as TWH Cf.NTAUB COMPANY. NEW YOWK OfTV. 'THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, EVERY DAY THE YEAR. CALCWtLL & TOMPKINS. ' TU3LWHI1R13, J. P. CALDWELL, Editor. $S.OG PER, YEAR. OBSERVER Receives tiie ..largest Tele , graphiejNews Service deliver . . od to any paper between Washington and Atlantu, and i its special service is the greatest ever handled by a North Carolina paper. THE SUNDAY OBSERVER Consists of 16 or more pages, and is to a large extent made up of original matter. THK SEMI-WEEKLY OBSERVER. Printed Tuesday and Friday, $1.00 per year. The largest paper in North Carolina. Sample copies sent on application. Address THE OBSERVER, Charlotte, N. C. * ???~ Tlte t\t'hi I*mm rift'ian for Mutant Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tustelcsi Chill Tonic. It is simply Iron and Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. sYo/yi (he (Joiiffh and Works off t/ui C out. 'l ake Laxative Bromo Quinine i Tablets. All druggifcta refund "D money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box 25c. if L\NCASTER AND CHESTER RAILWAY. r n.jheduie In elTect Nov 29, 1902. (Daily except He missy) W MSTBOUN 1). hr l.anenstn, 7 15am 5 00 pm ' Iwv Fori l.adn, 7 34 a in 5 30 p m l.v f>..siM)iivi:l? 7 44 a in 5 4.1 r? m Lv Iiiohburg, 7 50 a ni 6 00 p iu A r (.'bestir, 8 lo a m 0 30 p in '* Ar Lhar'otte, So It 9 65 a ui 9 00 p m ' A r Columbia. Ho Kl I 00 a m I 16 a tu A 1 A (iaiiia, 8 a I, r 4 50 p in Ar Yoriv'.C&N VV 9 35 a m '' A r (Tinsloiiiu.UN w 10 30 a m v Ar Lenoir, c a ii, r 2 05 p m 6 00 i m 2 EA8TBOUNL. I,v l.tn ir, c&n,r 230pm c l.v QmkIoihu " 6 30 pm <1 Lv York v I lie " 6 23 pm u Lv Atiantu, a a 1, r 1 00 p in I .v ('olumbia, An It 0 10 a m C 35 p m Lv Churlotte, So It 8 40 am 6 25 p ra Lv ( hestf i, 10 00 am 8 25 p m Lv ytichburg, 10 45 n m 8 49 p m > Lv liaftcomvillo, II IK) a m 8 55 p m Lv Fort Lawn II 16 a in 9 06 p m v Ar Lancaster, II 4oam 9 25 pm CONNECTIONS. Chrfter?Southern, Seaboard and Carolina & Northwestern railways. Lancaster?Houiliern Railway. 2 A I' J/oLUUE, Supeiintendenl, I.EROY HPRINOH. President.. I ??"rrr?<w?aHnMlrVMMM MM DISEASES ii are the most fatal of all dte " eases. i foley's esses /J ii or money refunded. Contains remedies recognized by eminent physicians as the best for Kidney and Bladder troubles. PRICE 50c. and $ J.00. v 1