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; i_r VOC. XII. FIVE MEN KILLED. Two Engines Overturned While on a Heavy Grade ? 9 A bad accident on the b. & 0. Nearly All of Twenty-Four Loaded Cars Overturned and Much Property Loss Sustained. Piedmont. W. Va.. Special.?Five 1 Mien w ro killed and several injured by the overturning of two engines, attached to ;i heavy Baltimore & Ohio freight train on the seventeen-mile grade Sunday near this <it\. The dead are; Engineer Ernest D. Erviu, US years old. Cumberland, Md. Engineer Emery Ervin. f?6, of Tun- i nellton, VV.,Va. Fireman Walter Miner, .'12. Fireman .1. E. Carter. 28 North Carolina. i Bra!;email John Hayes. 215. Staunton, yaThe tnoi< seriously injured were: Engineer Ma< hael J. Gibbon, 20 i years old. of Cumh< rland. Md.. fatally i crushed. < Fireman E. C. [tin kler. Terra Alia. ,W\ Va.. legs, arms and head cut and bruised. Braketnen B. F. Bollinger. Grafton, W. Va.. seriously wounded. i While descending the seventeen-mile grade, the train, to which were attached two engines, left, the track. The engines and nearly all of the 24 loaded cars, tumbled into a ravine, and took all the treinment with them. The tracks were torn up for nearly a bun dred yards. but. it is thought, traffic will be resumed late tonight. I ive More Killed. Ottumwa, Iowa, Special.? Five persons were killed and ten injured, but none fatally, in a wreck at 0:15 Sunday morning on the Chicago, Burlington ? Qulncy road, three miles west of Alhia. Iowa. The west-bound passenger train was in some manner derailed while running on to the Cedar creek bridge, and five cars were wrecked by a collision with the steel girders of the bridge. The wreckage immediately took fire, and several of the victims were badly burned. Just what caused tho accident is a mystery. Killed For Mis floney. floMsboro, Special.?lbinn Capps, the white man who was assaulted and left for dead near A. L. Sasscr's farm, about five miles west of (ioldshoro, Tuesday, died Wednesday night without regaining consciousness. Dr. Thomas Hill, county coroner was notified and held an inquest over the remains. From the evidence the jury found that "Capps came to his death by a blow from a blunt instrument in the hands of unknown parties." Capps was 45 years old. and leaves a wife and four children. The motive for the crime is supposed to have been jobbery, as Capps was returning home after selling cotton in (Ioldshoro. though lie had less than $10 with him at the time. Favor Forest Reserve Bill. Washington. Special. The Senate committee on forest reservations has reported favorably the Appalachian National Forest Reserve hill. The committee held its tlrsi session since the reorganization, and Senator Overman. who is a member of the committee. told his colleague that they could not do a wiser thing than to put their stamp of approval on this wholly meritorious measure. The committee, after some discussion, finally concurred in the North Carolina Senator's opinion and the hill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. Mr. Burton is chairman of this committee, and it was be who introduced the bill a few days ago. The Camp W recked Huntington. W. Va. Special.?F. A. Johnson, of Bynchburg, Va.. a foreman on the Norfolk & Western Railroad, at Kenova. was thawing out dynamite when a stick exploded. wre< king the camp. Johnson had both legs blown off. John Black, colored, had his body blown to pieces, some of it landing tn a tree 50 yards away. Others were injured. but not fatally. Chicago (tets Convention. Washington. Special.?The Republican national convention will be held in Chicago, beginning at noon Junu 21, next, the Republican national committee reaching this conclusion Saturday and adjourning subject to < all. Pittsburg and St. I>?uis were the rivals of Chicago for the convention. Each city was well represented in oratory before the committee, and each also had cash offers to mak-3. Pittsburg offered $100,000, Chicago $75,000 and a hall and St. I?uis $10,000 and a hall. The vote stood 4:< for 1 Chicago, 7 for Pittsburg and 1 for St. Louis. " -(J-, , , OR1 FO] THE COLOMBIAN EXPEDITION. Gen. Reyes Responsible for the Countermanding Order. Colon, by Cable.?The French steamer Fournel arrived here Friday from Savanllla and Cartegena. She was the lirst vessel to reach this pott since the decree closing those ports to vessels to and from Colon was cancelled. The authorities of the Department of Hollvar are still unreconciled to the loss of the Isthmus, which they do not regard as hopeless, as they Issue clearances papers not for the republic of Panama, but for "Colon. Department do Panama." The Fournel's agent has received no confirmation of the movements of Colombian iroops on the At rate river, but a passenger of the Fournel informed the correspondent of the Associated Press that a rumor was current at Cartegena that the cruiser Oartegena about ten days ago embarked at night time ove ra thousand troops bound for the C.ulf <if Dnriam. with Lhe object of constructing a road to Cauca. Gov. Melinzcu. iti an .ntervlew, said: "1 have just learned officially throttgh passing* rs of the Fournel that the Colombian warships General Pinzon and Cartegena left Cartegena at the beginning of December, having on hoard the same 450 troops which General Tovar brought to Colon. These were landed at the Kio Atrato, with instructions to build a road towards Panama, Hut, after terrible suffering for four days, in their efforts to go up the river in small lsKits and canoes, and ebing in waul of provisions of all kinds, their supplies having been soaked with water and completely spoiled, the troops resolved not to go an> further. The pasesngers also alii tin the troops have since returned to Cartogona." News has been received here from the Interior to the effect that 4.U00 Colombian troops left Hogota a fortnight ago to go down the M&gadclcna river, hut on reaching Honda they received orders countermanding the movement and returned to Bogota. December 2. It is believed that (Ionera! Reyes is responsible for the countermanding of the order. Afro-American Council. Washington, Special.?The sub-committee of the executive committee of the National Afro-American Council last week decided to hold the next meeting of the council at St. I.ouis, September 4. 1904. and appointed a committee of five to appear'before the platform committee of the next, national Republican convention to urge that it take vigorous action in reference to the practical denial in a number of States of suffrage to the negro. The following resolutions were adopted: "We are opposed to the on-Republican nrincinle of drawlnir the <-<>lor lini> In the Republican party, which has been inaugurated in certain States, to the detriment of the party, and t<? the injury of some of tlie most uncompromising supporters of its policy in the past, and we believe that tin* proposed reduction of representation in the national Republican convention would be an injustice which the party should not perpetrate. "We take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the President of the United States for daring, at ull times to stand up for impartial justice and the manhood rights guaranteed by the constitution and by laws based thereon. We have never asked special consideration in any matter affecting the common rights of citizens and sincerely believe that he has not sought to give us such. He has treated us just like other citizens; we have never asked for more, and will not be satisfied with less. Ry announcing that he would not submit to the closing of the door of hope to us. he played the whole gamut of principles for which the nation stands and for which its founders dedicate their lives, their fortunes and theinr sacred honor." Among those present were Bishop Walter, T. Thomas Fortune. Cyrus Field Adams. William A. Pledger, of Georgia; Walter U. Colier. of l/ouisiana. and John C. Dancy, of North Carolina To Accept Carnegie Offer. Greensboro. Special.?The city alderman voted unanimously to accept the Carnegie offer to build a $30,000 library, provided the city would guarantee $3,000 per year for its maintenance. The matter has been hanging Are two years and the action tonight was the result of a petition asking that it be adopted, signed by a majority of the qualified voters To Invade Panama Colon, By Cable.?A rumor is in cir(illation here to the effect that 3.000 soldiers have left Cartagena for tho purpose of Invading the Isthmus. No details nre known, and the rumors cannot be confirmed. It probably had its source at Port T.imon Costa Rica, where it was brought by stfanicr from Cartagena. The only possible means of approaching Panama is by narrow and diflicult mountain passes through the Indian country. The United States cruiser Atlanta Is now off the Indian coast. The old actor who plays Juvenits parts has t? "maks up" for lost Una MI ItT MILL, S. C? WEDN1 FIXING FOR WAR. Our Army and Navy Making Preparations for Conflict REPORTS MAY ONLY BE A SCARE (Jen. Reyes Said Movement of Colombian Troops Was Without Mis Orders. Washington. Special.?Dr. llcrran, the Colombian charge d-affaires. has authorized the statement that if the troops from Cartagena have landed near the mouth of the Atrato river, as reported by the French steamer which has arrived at L.aGuira4 it is directly in opposition to the advice of both himself and General Keyos. General Reyes stated that the DaGuira dispatch was the first information he had received of the reported movement of Colombian troops and he declared, however, that If it is true as stated such movement has taken place it was w ithout any orders from him. Upon cominr to Washington as the special representative of the Colombian government. General Reyes temporarily relinquished the command of the Colombian army, the duty falling upon General Castro, second in command. General Reyes confirmed the statement recently made by Admiral Coghlan in a report to the Navy Department that prior to his departure for Washington the Colombian troops made no hostile demonstration, nor would they until lie was heard frnm The general hap la en fully informed by the President himself as to the intentions of the government of the United States respecting the isthmus, lie was told by the President, as was set out in the President's message to Congress, the United States had deterof the new republic of Panama against fili eomers. While this guarantee is contained in a treaty now pending before the United States Senate and as yet unratified, the administration has for some time past, been acting upon the theory that the understanding in in full force. Therefore all necessary preparations have been made to exert whatever physical force may be necessary to protect the isthmian transit. Colombian troops will not be allowed to cross the frontier into Panama; or. if they cross they will be ejected in due time. The policy of tlie Navy Department with respect to the entry of Colombian Poops into Panama was said today 10 be to prevent a conflict beforp it commenced. To this end, the naval commanders in those waters have been instructed to keep the Colombian troops at. a greater distance from the isthmus at points where a fight with the Pannmaian troops is likely to occur. In ail naval operations. It may be stated on authority, the Department is stil? guided l>y the treaty of 184f?. under which the United States guarantees to keep transit across the isthmus open. A broader interpretation of the duties and responsibilities of the government in this respect had now been given to this treaty by whieh the protection of the United States will not alone he confined to the canal strip, but to any part of the territory of Panama. Fight to the Death. Memphis. Tenn.. Special.? Two negroes employed in a largo wholesale grocery house killed each other here in a hand-to-hand fight. George Il&wlins and Kirk Allen- one armed with a hatchet, and the other with a knife? ?fought over a trlval matter, and Rawlins was hacked in a dozen place3 with the hatchet of his opnencnt. one stroke piercing his brain and causing Instant death. Allen was cut frightfully, and died a few hours later. Student Commits Suicide. Ann Arlior, Mich.. Special.? H.isseU H. MrWllliams. of Kansas City. Mo., a junior literary student at the University of Michigan committed suicide WiMinesdny at the Sigma Alpha Kpsllon TTotisc. of which fraternity he was a member. I Mr-Williams siept in a room with K. | W. Stilton. Litton was awakened l>y a shot and rushed over to Mr-Williams' bed and found itim dead with a bullet through his hear). Sutton could give no reason for his chum's act. ex-.ept tliat he had seemed somewhat mop ire t lie last two days. Convicted of flurder. Birmingham. Ala., Spe-ial.- Frank Adams, a negro, was convicted of the murder of Dove Ix-e. also a negro, and ?nn ^iiril lll?" 111*1111 BfniCIIW. liOlll men were convicts, and were serving terms for murder -Adams "0 years and 1*0-" a life Rontenre. The murder oc, purred several months atfo, and the five witnesses on whose testimony Adams was eonvlcted were all 3erving life sentences for murder. i' . ; MJt . m i LL ' liSDAY, DECEMBER FOREST RESERVE BILL. The Outlook Bright fortlie tistobllsh* ment of a (ireat Park. A special dispatch from Washington City on Wednesday says: Men high in the government service as well as those prominent in other walks of life will again actively interest themselves in behalf of the Appalachian Forest Reserve bill The issue will be clear-cut when the measure reaches the speaker and any adverse action, should there be such, will be token over the protest of directly inInterested and in formed nieu from all parts of the country. At the session of the American Forestry Association, held here the bill was heartily endorsed by a formal resolution, after remarks of approval from various gentlemen. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson presided over the meeting while among the active participants was Dr. Scheney. in charge of the forestry divison of the George W. Yandtrbllt estate. The resolutions declared that Southern forests were of national importance in their influence upcu tho ?iream flow and timber supply. Wood and Crum Again. Washington, Special. ?President Roosevelt Monday sent to the Senate the nomination of General Leonard Wood to be a major genral of the army and the nomination of 167 other army officers whose promotion is dependent on that of Geueral Wood. Accompanying these nomination were those of about 25 civilian appointees, including that of Fir. W. D. Crum for collector of the port of Charleston, S. C., and some members whom the Pros- 1 ident nominated in the bust recess. , These appointments are considered by I the President and bis advisers to be ! recess appointments, the question of ' thoir status having been discussed | thoroughly by the President with the j best lawyers connected w'.tta the administration and in Con press. In conclusion. it bus been decided that bo- I twoon the time of the falling of the J pavel on the extra session, signifying the conclusion of the extraordianr.v session, and the calling to order of of the Senate in the regular session of Congress, an appreciable lapse of time occurred. In this time tho appointments teohnlcal/y. were made. They are regarded by the administration as recess jmnr/.iitmnntc appointees, therefore, will receive the pay and exercise nil the authority of the rank to which they are promoted. Can't Tax Sewing Machines. Washington. Spec ial.?The Supreme Court of the Uni'ed States Monday decided that sewing machines may he sold and shipped into North Carolina without requiring the payment of t!i" tax of Sit.1)0 required on the manufacture and sale of those machines in the State-. The opinion was rendered in the rase of the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company vs. John U. Sims, sheriff of Person county. N. C. The case arose lit connection with the purc hase of a machine by Mrs. <). I.. Satterfield. of the town ?f Roxboro, in that State. Sheordered it. from Chicago, and It was sent "cash on delivery." There was an effort on the part of the authorities to collect the license, on the ground that, ac the money was paid in North Carolina. tL-e sale was really made there. The St'tte court accepted this view of the- c-a/.e, hut they were- reversed hv today's opinion, which held that the decision was an interference with interState commerce, and that the sewing mac hine could not be taxed :ir. long as it remained in the original package. ,'tcucu .-ipprupriumiu-. Washington. Special.?The Secretary o? the Treasury has transmitted to Congress the estimates of appropriations acquired by the government, tor the fiscal year ending June. 1905. J'r.e appropriations asked for aggregate $624,502,140 as against 4~.s9.189.112 asked for the year 1904 and $605,286,900, the amount of the appropriations lor that year. The estimates in detail follow: legislative $11,687,255; Executive $920,000; S'ale i>*jiartnient $2,123.960; Treasury Department $168,659,064; War Department $'21,259,032: Navy t Department $105,825,410: Irrtertor Do' partnient $163,093,386; Postofllre Department 910,824.759; Department of Agriculture $6,729,880: Department of 'Commerce and I at bar $14,933,955; Department of Justice $8,035,140; grand total $624,502,146. Manufacturers Meet. Charlotte, Special.?Th meeting of a large number of prominent cotton tranufaeturcrs here Inst week was an event of great interest not only to the manufacturing int< rests but to the whole community as well. IMars were discussed looking to the curtailment of production with a view of either increasing the price of the ouipui oi inducing the cost of raw material. A number of plans wore tofcen under consideration. A large number of looms and spindles wes represented at the meeting, am. prof. nt mill ru' n think thnt good results will follow the meeting. The manufacturers adjourned. * ob ject to a call to meet in Washington City next . riMi 1G, 1908. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. I Many Matters of (leneral Interest In Short Paragraph*. | * u Down in Dixie. R. E. Phelps is held :> ParkorsImrK. \V. Va.. on u charge arson preferred by his wife. M'h was ^Hh^HHH9^H|H|H nuM".HHHMHHn boat. At a t . i H^^M|nnHnHH corom^^Hj^HHERSHHragraHra ?: ?, iB^BHMHhBM&B8HW[^B si>I tun. a 11 < n rc cutui it ^B^HHHH^^^HHBBjflHMmwK it in i f t r? g^PPUPWWfPffle eral Wood will nut go to Cuba bt f|iv March. I The United States Court of Claims decided a number of cases coming from Maryland and tin- Virginias and growing out of the Civil War. Republicans are urging the I'resident not to ask retirement of l'erry S. Heath as secretary of the National Republican Committee, as they say this would be unwise. State Department officials say no proposition for a pnr>t? ctorate o\er Santo Domingo or for its annexation j will be considered. At The North. Rev Jonathan S. Willis died at Milford. Delaware. St nsatlonal testimony was given I???- j fore the Shipbuilding hearing in New I York. i | A daughter was horn to Mr. and i Mrs. \V. K. Vanderhilt. Jr., in .N't w j York. A ret elver was appointed for the < | Townsen.I, Downey Shipbuilding Com- i ! pany of New York. Nearly 2,500 persons who believe t hey have claims to a large part of Hurleni, in the upper end of Manhattan Island, have organized an independen* government. As an explanation, in part, of the i call for a reduction of 10 per cent in j the wages of 20.000 cotton mill operatives in Fall River, some mannfac| Hirers say that Fall River cannot af| ."ord to pay wages far higher than ! Southern mills pay for making the I same goods. The registration of pupils in the regular day public schools of lioston. not including those in the two special schools and seven special closes, is I SO,17k. This is 2,028 greater than one year ago. In the l.atin and high schools the total number is 7,05*;, a net gain of 281. In the grammar, primary and kindergarten grades the number of pupils is S1.S75. a gaiu of 1,72'J. From Across The Sea. Sir .Ifdin I! \T:inl?? itioil in I zinilrin I ' The city of Santo Domingo was snr j rendered to the Revolutionists, i The Free Food league opened the campaign against the Chamberlain I proposals with a great meeting in Fori ' don. Turkey wat. warned by Russia and Austria that unless the reforms were s carri* d out in Macedonia at once the i power would take charge of them. Three hundred English pilgrims j were received by the Pope. H was reported in Paris that Russia and Japan had arranged terms of set j tlemcnt of Far Eastern matters, but reports from elsewhere did not ? on firm the story. Sentiment in French official < ircles seemed to favor the case of Captain Dreyfus. II \ i* .\ii ii ?i i <i r? ifiii ai i"i II*T | fifty-ninth birthday. Premier (Jiolltti outlined his j?f?!i?-y before the Italian Parliament.. M. Thopiteau. French Deputy, proposes to tax all frames of hazard to the extent of S per rent of the sums at stake. M. Thopiteau estimates that the tax would bring in an annual r? venue of 52,000.000. Miscellaneous Hatters.. Secretary I fay will receive the Colombian envoy, General Reyes, only with the understanding that his mission is ?? seek aid in restoring peace on the isthmus of Panama. Martial law has been declared in the Cripple Creek district of Colorado. The widow of Major J. W. McClung refused to prosecute Alexander Garnet t, who shot Major Mr Clung. Mrs. Philo S. Rennett took ail appeal in her suit against Mr. \V. .1. Rryan and will oppose bis acting as exeeutoi of her husband's will. A crisis in the silk manufacture in Knrope is said to have resulted from acute competition, causing the production of inferior goods, which drove consumers to buy mercerized cottons instead. Dr. .1. Wilson Swan, the inventor of the incandescent electric light, has just, entered his titdh year. It is nearly a g< neration ago since Dr. Swan first publicly exhibited the electric light which has now become universal. ' 't "j. no. FLAG HAULED DOWN Tlie Unspeakable Turk Seeking More Trouble With Uncle Sam CONSUL ASSAULTLD IN TURKLY I- - - ?o-? Outrage Will, It is Thought, (1 to Strong Action on the Part he United States. [stanttnoplc. I ty Cable.?The ll Stat- s tlat; over the consulate kxandretU. Asiatic Turkey, has tiauled down and Consul Davlea jft his post for Beirut, in conseT> of the serious diplomatic ink during which Mr. Davies was ThI an<! assaulted by the local I The affair grew out <>f the :trfl* :in \ i m,?ninn I lhMtn.nj A? jj?p*|P^K h naturalized American citizen. tins hi't ii In prison at Alepon the hist two months, and had i&j H- , ii liberated through lnterven H H' the VmerU an consular agent, oncondition of bis leaving the country forthwith. Mr. Davies was accompanying Attarlan on board a departing steamer, when the police intercepted the party, assaulted and insulted Mr. Davies, and despite the resistance of the consular and his attendant, guards re-arresotd Attarian. and took him hack to prison Mr. Davies, immediately lowered the flag l'mm over the consulate, and formally broke off relations with tho Turkish authorities by quitting Alexamlrcttu, leaving the consulate In charge of tho vice consul. A mob of Moslems seized the occasion to make a hostile demonstration against tho consulate and against the Christians, generally. Tin: local authorities assort that Mr. Daves struck tho police with a cane and that after the rearrest of Attarian tho consular canvasses (military couriers, attempted to rescue him and that in the fracas which ensued the canvasses broke the windows of the prison. The matter is engaging the onorgetie attention of the United States legation here. minl??or t -.ion man has mailt* urgent r< presentations to the Porto, and is now awaiting a fuller it port before taking further steps. Cablegram Prom Oavles. Washington, Spe?nil.- The State Department has received a brief cablegram from Consul Davis, at Alexandilretia. Asiatic Turkey, saying that he had trouble with the local police at that place and had left for Beirut in consequence. The State Department cabled Minister Ceisehman, at Constantinople, to institute a thorough investigation of the whole affair. Tho Navy Department has so far taken nr> stej?s toward si tiding any warships to Alexandretta. The. State Department does not anticipate any serious difficulty as a result of this incident, for it does not. doubt, that the Turkish government will make proper amends for any misconduct of its officials at Alexandretta. Herbert Spencer Dead. Ixindon. By Cable Herbert Spencer, the famous author, died Tuesday at his home in Brighton. His lmnith had been failing for some months. The illness took a critical turn a few days ago, and he became unconscious last night, passing away without pain. | By his own desire, the least possible information was given out during Mr. Spencer's illness. He was born in 1.X20. Tim nr>M-"11 "ojM.jnin till |??l l?? I CM! IUIIK U[lprec.iations and anci dotes of Mr. Spenror, whom they universally describe aa flip "last of Hip groat thinkers of the Victorian age." llerliPrt Spencer was h??rn at Derby on April 27, 1820. Hp was a celebrated English philosopher and founder of tJ.e system named by himself the synthetic philosophy, lie was educated by his father, a schoolmaster, and by bis uncle, lie was articled to a civil engineer in 1837. hut in l.X4f? abandoned engineering and devoted himself to literature. He was assistant, editor of The Economist from 1848 to 1858 and in 1832 visited the United States, where he gave a number of lectures. His first f.ffnrt ill tlw* f i i?1 < I t (Tonor.ll IUapoIiii A was a series of letters to The Nonconformist. on "Thr Proper Sphere of Government." which appeared in 1842. In 18.");"). four years before the app"aranre of Darwin's "Origin of Speries." he published his "Principles of Phychology," which is based on the principle of evolution. He w;i? the author of a large number of books. Ghoulish Work. Newport News, Va., Special. The police are on the trail of an organized band of ghouls, who, for many weeks, it is believed, has been engaged in desecrating the graves iu Greenlawn Cemetery and robbing the newly-interred Irxlies of their jewelry, shrouds and clothing. From discoveries made, it is evident that this practice has been carried on. but to what extent is not at this time known. Two bodies that were exhumed for the purpose of removal to other lots were discovered to be in a completely nude condition, notwithstanding the fact that both bodies had been buried in handsome and costly clothing. j \y