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?I'UMKX1|. CAMDl!^, S. FRIDAY DAIM': BY ROODS Swre Looses I ron i High Water i:i Many (Miiccs. KT ? lOSSfSRll'iimi:t>\l:l)V GENtRAU.V ? ? ^Vp.ter On? tt> l ive* l\tt Deep in tl?e B. Streets tt West I'oinl, (ia. I t ains Uadly Delayed. Atl^nta. (i.i., fine Mns of th A-?ba:?a and :?J (i ' )l' i.\ t "r.rs.see fill t [' n .1 ju.i v aroSlu.i inv'.s I I1'*-' death of our urn! tnfUcte i !i0n! 01 * l ns ii .s fa r as known *iadSo! :.v, M f(><m?l ' . 1 ' 11 a!1 1 ,l ' ^ared much d mi:;;; . Wjn - pooplo wore ? i i'.t W.iu 1' 'll< tia., while >?" >*? t:i<? tur bulent Chatiaho >. !. <? ;???! 1 Hu^iqU, an ?' ? \t ^ West Point Ua.h 'l'!i .'.i i ,re^lit wreck i . . i i "ear Kotasulpa. Ah. r/', . v; !* I ,l dollars' word! of , st,0>eJ at \\\ s, V'.; ? " much sufioiin^ v " w"! '' ?" streets of \\ ( ? i , ' r 1!1 tl>" five feet uooi) ' y '. , V ? ,M ' 10 spent the. ?,Kht 11 trams have 1 ?, ... ' r N,) Atlanta to fl -:1 Janta ? w, s| 1 "T a" x'ay and th ? s . p. V \\!:l " York andNr^ii f Va"; m ar?und by :: . 1U At Columbus. V, '" register^ 58 f ? i ?" (> T, laln has Jallr-n j:, , v , i:r!v f Rr*>*. Oa. TivV, \v,!> iu ^ on the ma::, i:?, Nashville road ;j ?i? i '? M ' i-? cry. Section of Richmond Ro nle.l R.'ehtnond, Th-r.. has i,.,- n a trm^-lous rush of v;|, :? ,1 ,,vu ^(} JaraftHThe people in !>? ; r-,ri of the.citv aro mav:-.- o.:t ajvl t!,o ^harrc-s at u.? :i- , ;.;v > ... w lf The cMremo ).??? ?? - or' ,:-v is '.ut off. OwiuK f ' ili ? i tj.it :}h> arc* uOwii ai.!:m i'. .- .. . ? ? j ? ' _ ion of the C\ i,', can be learm I . o," f?. tions above. I: j.: , :<j.: . i |, , oulatfons Oil : m; ... "? here will re.-.;-:, it> I ?;;i ; . lllglli. mrl f.^ :i I | t|;i, , ? will I" sbe 1, ?;* i ; s r y.-a- N'.j i.t. ities hr.v.). h;: ? ,r: ' :i'!i ? ii.rru haai.-o.l; took a :? a;? .^iU* fae Kret'.c : . ;? :S v. >. ]U an ! elcct-ic light I'!' .',; l.'l ! .? v.-;;i ; n i plunging the . .!?. in; . ,!... ,;m ss. A Mr. Har: at Haz i K >:;i. ):.i | i , t. family out of h.s ho.:.- .? : n !: ir:. o-:;. Lurry reports :: "rivti f.-c/het mi : n _? valley, v.hjrj scrio.isly i?:? ? rt>rr.l w.,ii the rhnnij^'of trails*. nanv Washouts. Roanoke. Va.. HyM-JaJ.? Railroa j trafli.: in south west .Virginia in.; li:>en' seriously fnterf ? rc <1 with for tho ,?ast 4S hours,, o wins to the heavy fall cf snow and rain during t:i^ ins? two weeks. Many vaahputs are re;v:rt:d ;n the Norfolk & V.Tstern main 1 mo. tho Roanoke L Southern ujuI iht: Sarn.uv doali Valley Railways. Joan Wright lost ]iis life i:i tliii c-,un:y v.hile at templing to croi's a swollen rti .nu on a horse. A heavy fall of si( :i and snow at Cbrlstiaahurg lias pros: ratcil t'r.o telegraph cud telephone 1 !?,Ns i:i thut vicinity. A te! ? i.ir.i itaJfo.d ?ays, New rivir has I a tloo:l<?.l i^iin for the fifth time ih!.J y ar. hi oaU in*jT all records. Tiif* v.::.; r r<is" - ? f< an I spread over t.'ic a lja al cjontry. p.:r tially submerging hoi:?ii anJ railway tracks. Danville, Va.. {ipncial. Th.- hlnhost water in the Dan riv. r s!nc.^ 1 "S ?, reaching a depth of K! ft' -t, iir. v.siU-i here Monday inorning. nocosalJatijiK the shutting do.vn of tho Riverside Cotton Mills, tho iki.vct ji!a:i?'R o* t..e street railway company an I t:ty ci.'o ; trio lights. At rh:^ hour the r:wr \ about at a standstill. Town in D.i i kiicss. , Columbus. On., Sp.vi:il -The C!n?fa hooehce lire:1 ij p.!!! T.I watcts have receded R->ni> tw'o or three feel, but nri'ul: t ii-:> is expected. T';c only very g.eat <I:t hr.rv i< 1 1 1 n t rn t!:c dam of \hc ('olunk.is i'j-,vr.r (\>nipan v. which cannot !).? i:.-,.imaled uu;il t?' water falls. The mills .?l:!cli a :o atod by y/afor ni l iii.oiy bo Hosed <tl! the Vi-cek. The city is i:i irkne.'s a 3.11:1. nnj few ftroet cz>.\< are r'uning. r-*orced Atilfs to Shut Down. Spartanburg, S. (J., H.veia}. ? A *}??? cinl lo The Herald fioas A ik: or ion. C., says that the daw of t!i* Anderajt. Light and Powco Company \v::s wasbod away Sunday night. The l-?s will bi $45,000. ,1'onster. will enforce tho shuf fltlfVVV* The disaster- win cnforco tlio sn u; ?ting down of the Orr and Anlarsoi Mills, employing 2.CM ha ads, for sb " taonlbe ? The injlis wc re run hy pjoc f trie power generate*! at ;he p ant. Thr Anderson Mills used partial power and ty thin method will be able to give *ni plOyoent to about half the. forte. Tiu <*o(beri?^J>loyea must go elteWhero foi Work. Should the mills docido *0 in tt?il ao'dWlmrire plant, tbis will - rcgu.ro eavcral months. " <? . No TnrfiM Co Ashevflle From West . AabevfOo, special.? ^ Tho storm of the put two d*r* baa crippled train m ?fee. TMpc trcm tho west on the 'Botitber??iJiv*r bas been completely 'btocked ?MCt Monday morning, train; i? CA1..LNDAK TOR 1902. o o J*u l*eb Mat ?? : 7 h : 2 I M 3!.ii M8??4Si || ? 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A invt.al ce'.ipse of the bun O'tobci JO. iavi.'ible hero, visible I > tint greater I tu t oi K irope and nearly a!! of Asia. tinning nml Kvcxliig Strti* l'nr 1001. T!i.> p'anet Venus is evening star February 11, then nuuuiiK; star until Xa vernier 2S, after which date she is even ir/ star to ilie end of t -io 'car. 'J '!?<? iilan.-t Mil's will l>o ovcTrinr; star until March CO, then moruiug star llie rest cf i';o vr.iv. Tin phinet Jupiter is evening star unt.i? January lf?, then moi star until An Ri'sl; f>, a:ul then evening star the balance of ilia yrnr. The Saturn ho^ins nt evening etar md contir.ncs as #aeh until January 0, tTir.i morning star until .luiv 17. and then c v c star t'? th-3 Ctrl of the year. L'iaiicta M.lglitrM or Itent Seen. M' : iivy, after snnset on the evening of f-y ? ,S. M iv C> and September !V. a r 1 '? f.?-o n'i i. hi* inoni'DBf o? i7. Ju'y ).*. ard Novi-mber 4. Vc on Jfttinary 0. Miri not this yc5" .Tiij i I r*v at o:n.o< t!.>:i Av.^;:st ?rv Saturn nt -.ni'.iiii .ln'v 17. I'r.vmr. at opp->?ii ion Jt;-.' 1'). Xcptnno at npno* ;oj I'ccyin Li..' K "M SI) " I -bii, IP".'., lVr?nb?r Z*. *a?t> <'riV i. tb'vfv-i'.ii'-c iniuuteii. ' ;ins, 'P02, .Mvrli CI, ht.-f j nine i. nincl'ccu baurs, tlfiv nine c.'ii ?, H-02. .I'!"e ?'?. nine fourtcci cix!i!eon hours. i < j r ? C-)?, I't'fnibcr n?. tron Ii\c hour.*, foriv-eight niij liit?. < Imrch liny# ?n?l Cu'lci of 7lini), I* pinhiny Tan. f ?t-c,r tuo ?r?iina Sunday 'fi*1 rC Sunday vob. 2 Onirioi: i;:???iina Sunday... VVl?. f' Ae'i We'Jn.v.b''., Vcb. li' ? Vadi fi;;e?iir.a S.nnlav '.Veb. K> MM T.nl Vnr. P Pr'.iii Sunday ^Tar. I'oi.l Kfid'tv :V....>far, r'.r. s t r r J?u n d " y Mar. 30 ' ,tjv.* Sx?iid"y ?* nrii C HoAatinn Sou.'.iy i v . 4 Apr.pnito.j \)ay >fay S WS.it tjnndnv ?.fav )?t '?Yinirv ^:n"cay May 2$ ("nvp'.M C'lri*' i M*y W Advent Sunday ' ^\'or. 30 rh-i*?)n(?* Dav l)-e. 2" flolden Number 3 Mjiact ?o'.*r I "ve> .*i 7 Dajniuir;1! '/eit.r . K 1! ludiotioti 15 ./ii,;a:i lVrjoJ Ml 5 '!'!><? Jewish i i'w year iC63 bv^iny at ?ni\t; bet, October 1, 1PC>2. l'mlirr Xla j f . IV.'. L, r-i. n-.d Sat. l>b. 19. CI and Wo:'.. V'.m . and Sat., S'pt. 17, 10 and 50. W.d., FrL and Sr.t., May ?], f.3 r.-id ?.<. Wed., IVi. and Sr.t-., l):'e. 17, 1J and -*/. Cold in Florida. Another drop la the temperature in Florida seriously endangers th< orpnto trocc. ? 1> (fer^nce^ S.'tlletl. V.'ashlncton. Spcelal. ? The Stato Do partniont has horn Informed by United States Minister Wilson, at Santi?jr<f <Ie Chill, that tho dlfTerdnccs between Ar gentina and Chili may be regarded n<? settled through the signature Thurs day of a protocol, providing for the submission of the boundary lino and the Ultima Kepcranza territory dis putes to, the decision of the Kin# of T.rcat Britain. ThU Announ?'^iM?nt bss ?iven gre;it satisfaction to the officials here who have gone to the lengths of official patience in their efforts to avert a war between tho two most prosper ous of the Kouth American republics. Committed Su'cldr. ^rashlngton%^Speclal. ? The War De oartment Is in r'ccelpt of a cablegram 'rom Qen. Chaffee, Manila, P. I., re norting that Odrna Reeder, ' teconrl lieutenant of Philippine scouts, com -nltted sutoldo. on the morning of De ?ember 23 by shooting himself with a carbine On board the Lawton. -Ho wes mfferJng froA temporary Insanity, duo tor Illness^ Lieutenant Reeder wm a native of Bmriy, W. tjjp. A Raoe K?w la Ahhwa Birmingham, Ate., Special.? Ia gexiWal light between white men as 4 ?Wroaa of ChlUtarahvrt. TLwadar af Dead Body of Missing Girl Discov ered in River. FATHER IDtNIIFIIl) Till: CORPSE. ... A Coroner's Jury Held An Autopsy and Recommended 1 lint \N ilcox He Kept I'or I rink Suffolk, Va., Special Nellie Cropaey's dead body was found Friday In Pasquo- | tank ilver. After thirty bcvui days of anxiety and fako reports and ih > lavish expendit ire of money to solve tho mystery of Ella Maude Cropsey's disappearance, I'.is quotank river gave up its duvd nt l.? o'clock this morning. Nellie's body was located on tho river bottom by J. D Stlllman, a f .shcrmun, who hurried word to ^ W. Turner, a member of the cltiz'j.is' commit tee of five. The nous o? the find spread ilka j a prairie Hie, and soon a gioat crowd of excited people had collected. Jus tice \V. 11. Cropsey, t!io girl's falhei'. | was summoned. Almost overcome with emotion he pushed through the crowd and stood beside tho corpse, when? it had been tenderly luld near the b;\:itc. There was a hush as he looked upon his daughter's form, but only for a minute. Justice Crop^ey soon pro- j nounccd the body before hiin the re mains of his Missing Nellie. Weed was sent to the mother, who has seemingly* suffered most, to the sisters and to I Miss Carrie Cropsey, of New York, I who has remained with tho family during all the.r trouble.' There wcr? I weeping and cries of grief and t h ? y I would not be consoled. The corpse was fhwiul out In the rHvr i nearly opposite the Cropsey home..! Later, Coroner Fearing was noti.Vd 1 and ho had summoned a jury win viewed tae remains In a small ho isc cn tlm Cropsey premises. Witnesses told how the find was made, and theie was evidence to show conclusively that lie body was Nellie Cropsey's. A careful examination was mado by'j physicians. The body itself, though j darkened by the water's action, was considered Jn an excellent state ol j preservation. James Wiicox, Uic suspected lovr?r | who, In pursuance of advice of his j father and lawyer, had left tewn and ! was stopping at a country house 1:1 ; Pasquotank county, was gone af;er and b. ought to EllzaDMh < *i ty at 5; o'clock. There was no apparent chnngo ! in his expression and when questioned ! about the case ho answered in m<>no syllables. Of course he maintain* not only his Innocence, but his ignorance of the causes which led to Miss Crop sey's death. The Coroner's It:qu?:.t. Elizabeth City, N. C., Special. ? The ] coroner's jury reports that Miss Crop | sey came to her death by being striek- j en a blow on the temple and drowned | and recommends that an examination | as to Wilcox's guilt be made. The report made by the physicians who performed tho autopsy on Miss Cropsey says: "The garments show ro marks of violence. There were ao ex ternal marks of violence on body, he: .1 or faco. Thcco was a discoloration of a pinkish tinge on the front cf Head and face with a flight bluish discolo ration over the bac-k cf the neck. Th-jro were no marks upon the front of her neck, except as made by construction of her dr<*s ^collar. An examination of the internaJ organs showed she v/a * a pure girl. "There was no fracture discovered a'c any point of t>ic cranium. T1ipjv? was no pffueion of blood or water upon t !io surface of the brain or any evident I hat violence had reached It? structure or the internal plates of its bogy cov ering. The brain substance f.6 far C3 we could see shows no evidencn of dam age. The brain was removed and the base of the brain thoroughly Inspectel. There was no dam ago to blood vessel* or bony structure. The report was signed by Mrs. J. K. Wood, O. McMullan and I. Fearing. The verdict of the coroner's jury fol lowed: "We, the coroner's- Jury, having been duly summoned and sworn 1?> Dr. I. 'Fearing to inquire what caused the dealh of Ella M. CrojMey, do hereby re port that from the Investigation mado by three physicians of Elizabeth City, and frcm thrtr opinion and aTRXy ft'om our nersonal observation, that said iCiia M, Cropgey came to her dr>ath by being stricken n blow on the left temple anr. by being drowned In the Pasquotank river.* Wc have not yet Investigated nor heard any testimony touching a3 to who Inflicted the blow and did the drowning. We are. informed that one James Wilcox is charged with same and Is now in custody. We rccommc.rid that Investigation ?s to his cr any one ^else's probable guilt, be held bv o:i? or more magistrates In. Eiizabetli tc/.vo ship and that sa}d Wileox to held to | await said investigation. (Signed) I. Fearing. coroner; P S Shlpp. li. F. Speaec, Maurice West cott, Robert J. Mitchell, J. B. Fear bee, J. H. Lcroy. Threads Agnln.'t Wilcox. Raleigh. Special.? Friday evening Governor Aycock received the folio w'aj? telegram from SherifT Orandy; of Eliza beth City: ( "Miss Cropsey's body found in river. Threats of violence against .Taines W41 cox. Notify Naval Reserve* hero to be at my command." The Governor replied: "Naval Re serve* ordered to obey your orders Maintain law at alt hazard*. Ko?p m* folly Informed by wire." & . liMhwtr'al Note*. Bfesarr T. W. McCord and J. L. M c Cord of Jk moo, O*.. harn Incorpor ated U>^ McOord Milling ft Manufao tarlai Co. to build knlttinf nnd wrear insjmlll. Character Of product not an MADE A HEAVY HAIL A New York Couple Loso $50,050 Worth of J.'welry. New York, Special Mr. and Mrs Paul (i. Thobaurt. of' Madison avenue, were robbed today of Jewelry worth $50,000. This was eotroboratcd by Mrs. Thcband himself at headquarters, where, la company with a member of t ho tinn from whOTn most of tlu? jew elry bad been purchased, bo g:i\o to tho police a paitial list of the je v? I-. taken. Tho valuables consisted in p.irt of one pear sh i;?ej diamond, sai.l by Mr. Thcband to ho worth $20.1* Oi); one pearl weighing 11 mains, said to bo worth $15,0110, and Jt'O small ornani. n's and made up a total of abo.it $">0.0.0. * Tho robbery is said by t!i * police and alsi? by Mc\ Thebaud to have been the work of a newly engaged valet, who had been employed by Mr. Thcband but two \veeks. The valet is missiiu and the butler who recommended him I.; un der constant police surveillance. Mi. and Mrs. Th.(|i,iud went to Whte Plains yesterday as the guest3 of Mr. ur.il Mrs. Howard Will tt.; Tho valet juiomiuinied thom. The valet was last seen ibout 0 o'clock this m. rn:ng whoa hi: U'\k one of Howard Willet's i!y,s and drwve to the railroad station in White r!a n.*. Throe hours later ihe rig was fohnd at t\? station, abandoned. It is supposed tluyvah't. whose nam-* 's Kcirn, K'ft town'on an outgoing train SJ.-n nfter*h6^lrtvil>t6 tho station. Preacher on Cropsey Case. Elizabeth City, Special.? The most dlsem.sed happenings I a* the Wilcox Cropsey all'air Sunday were poiniod pulpit utteran es in the morning from two of the -most prominent clergymen Ilcv. Mr. Lewclljn said that he did not hesitate to believe Wilcox innoie.it. while Rev. D. II. Tuttle called at.'rn* tion to the order of the mayor closing the bar-roomA.on the day the body was found. Sunday afternojn in the pies ence of about 1,500 people. "I don't hesitate to s ly that I believe the prls >ner is Innocent." declared tho Kev. Mr. Lewollyjl, of Christ's lCplseo pal church. "I want to caution you. my ixnieip, against forming and express ing opinions condemning a fellow-man nut I yem'have rw.'.d t !n? 140th 1 1 i*s. I will cay that 1 condemn ?<>:n ? thing* in bis past life, and had he been a member of my church I should proba bly have eonmrcd liliri front the pulpit, but now I believe he in innocent of ()!<,? darn charge which hangs over him. Though the young lady is (b ad. and it is very fead. her elia'aeier was vin dicated and I think now your Mmpnthy should go out to the defendant's family in their great sorrow." A\r c .'o Retires. Havana, By Cable. ? Ren. Btlrtolome Maso, candidate of the Demo i.atic par ty f or the presidency of f'aba, left here Thursday morning for his honir at Man zanillo. lie has given up tho cant paign. Tho demonstration yosterd iy even iug as well as that held at the rail road Nn at ion this xnorn'rw; brought a large crowd. Havana newspapers quote ( > v 1 1 . lino Co.Mtez as threatening to have Civil CJovernor ltecio, ?uf Puerto Principe province, expelled from ofilcn when he returns to Havana for hav.ng permitted demonstrations against <lo HH.7J11 the course of his political tour of Imat province. The same paper ?:?ys also that (Jet^C.omez had threatensd to "string up" a row others when tho Cu ban republic is formed. Philippine Sl(untloi). Manilla, By Cable. ? It was publicly nntit/inced thai the latio for the l'ir-t <?ua'rter of J i>0 12 will bo $2.10 Mexican silver to oni? American gold dollar.' (Jen Wright, the acting civil govern n\ says that, though unsatisfactory, this ' is the only solution of tlio matter the Philippine commission thought pos sible. He hopes for early action by Congress of this subject. (Jen. Wright considers that the situation in those | parts of the Philippines where military operations nre being carried on is daily improving. He lias the grea/.cvH confidence In On Chaffee's ability ; > ??nd tho insurrection in -the islands ami says perfect harmony prevails between ?ho i v i 1 and military authorities. AVIII Not Go With Liberals. London, By Cable. ? The Daily N.^ws, a Liberal organ, admits that Lord Itosebcry has declined to act. with the Liberal party. Although the paper re grets his voluntary $fvcranro?from this party.it makes It ^f'ell thfJ/tTie air has been cleared and (lftMrSir jknry Camp hell-Bannerman is more firmly install ed In the leadership. Twr> W reeks in Ate.bania. Opcllka, Ala., S'.eeial.? Two wrecks occurred o:i the Western Hallway of Alabama Sunday nigl-i on account of heavy rains, which caused two embank ments to gtvA way Cnovman was killed three Injured aiid the property .oss Is hf*A'y. The dead: Thomas Russell, en gineer on extra freight, No. 21. The injuccd arc: Cy Lee, n?;gro fireman; B: W. Jackson. engineer freight- No. 29; negro fireman, nan.o unknown. The wrecks occurred about 30 miles apart. Kxtra freight Iraln No. 21 was wrecked near Notaawgja and train No. 269 was going for assistance when It was wrecked ? Hf 1 IdeTn Rood- 1 Ide lit Oiiio River. Pittsburg, 8peclal.? Heavy rains for 3 <5 hours here and at all headwater points on balk rivers has prodoce^^^ condition which will retail in what may be called a flood stage In the Qbio ICORl'ORATC WIiAI.il! This lvpre.sents (lit* inereasv in lh? v.il no if UiO raw m itc: ia's resultin?; ! ? ?? various pro;". 'sscs ; f u* :? n tt fin ? t :i . o. The IV* corporations i t-p nt-d e > 1 : r. >1 2.02S) plants tha: were aetiv 1 dinin.; the census year and 171 i >p-,:t d a s ? i'" during that period. Tii ? r'!ni:i? slunvi ;l an average of 11 tu.ivo plants tc each corporation. Of all t li c* :o Indu.sti ial ? -ainhlnntljjns, 03 wci'.1 o:i;:iniz-| pi' r to I ?'.?7 ,i:vi in tlx? your 1' 1)7, 1 SOS. ls^'t -i :i ? 1 pri to .11111" iit). 1 there wo e i::yaiiz >.i s ? . - en, twenty, j?".venty-nin?* an 1 thirl : n corporations, respe< iivciv. Over ."??.? j . ? ? i ct nt. of tho total number : i' su-h ??-.? ? poralions wore charic; d ilarinj; t'.r> IS months from January 1. is:n?, lo J;::k ,'!0 HlOft. Tho s'atisti of Indus' :dal oombinatie ns < \clu !o all <? :: p ra. k.-n:< manufacturing and di ? t rihutin?.* r't? and electric li^hf and pov/.-r, it J:f>5n.J ini pc k ; i 1> o to 1 1 ac: all of th > latter. and they do not nliy poss.vs the :-:a;n* ?CCMOTUlc idgnlfla'inoo. . 'I'))..- rcf'-'iV. show that the Iron and at el Indu<.'r> is at tho head of tho list, with a product of $?*>0S.020.IS2, .wli cli is mo:\ than double t h o valir.1 ( f the p: :;d-i- t <d rnv other group, eyept fuod arnl kin dred products, and i cj?i ??s^nts m-miy one-third of the total gro.os value o| proJucts of all iho industrial eomoina Hons respectively fol'ow: Iron and .steel and their pro In ;s, $nU,79t?.9!.> and $508.02G.4S2; foo l and allird products, $240,023,03'! an 1 $ -->2. ?iuVOSl; chemicals and allied pnvin.vs $175, 002, $87 and $IS2,H91 .7 J I , in and metal prodn<;s ( Jjjer than s'-'d and iron. S1 1 S.5 1 ll.-IO I and $180.15 i,7<!:>; li(|uOi'H and beverages. $ 1 1 s . I S 4 . 1 s f nm' $'.l3.432.27<l ; v.-hji-hs for land Iran >;)?>" tation, 905.0S3 and Jo haeco, ?I(5.191,S18 and $7 4.003,029; t?x tile. $92,408,000 and $71S?8,202; le.vhn and its finished products, $02,731,011 and $45.08-1,829; paper and prlnili.-j; $69,271,091 ivnd Sft.-il8.1J7; c'ay, gins; and stone products, $IG.878.!)'JS and 258,182; lumber and its > n manuf'i-? turr.s, $2-l,470.2kl mid $:i?> 7 h ^ ! 5 : nv* ccllanr-ous Industries, $ lf?,4Cof,S0') and $48,605,073. A sticVitfe Shut Off. Incessant rains for the prist -is hour.* : throughout r-'tst Tennesson ihreateiis >c , do morn damage to property than ih? ! disastrous fiord of ! n Ht May. T ft * ' Southern Railway baa annuallod n> ? trains between Knaxvi'lo and A-:!iv:iK? ! N. o w ! n '' to water-eoveretl tra- U: I ; ! between Newport and Rankin. Al.j through traflic antl mall will be ham' j led over the Norfo k & We.-tc'n. 1 1 ; will be impossible for t h?? Boutacm K ' handle traj czixt vi r b<i Asliov.l ( division until the late M ;n lay at ' c i?i j and p./?i:lbly li ng <? for rain Is SiiMj falllnp. The Tennessee liver is near j Ing the .'iO-fo^t mark sit > li In p >.nt with Indications .that it win icacn 40. fee> and do heavy damage. Heavy Rain* in Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. ? Heavy rains over th? entire upper bis ? of tV Tennessee river will produce a ? floy?. tide. Tho weather bureau predicts thM the river will pass tho danger lino liero by noon and flool warnings liave been seiK,ouf. The crest of tho rise can not he estimated at his time, ah rain in still falling ovet tho. entire Tcnnoaaca river sy stein, 'according to latest re port ? received. ^ In East Tennessee, ftrJStol. Tcno., Spccial.? Hl*b water bu whM throa spaas of tlx* Virginia A Southwestern Railway brldfo at ^folzaliethUMra, two spans of the brides at Batler, half wllo of. track be tween EUcabatfetown ml If ay Kea#, aad aararal traailaa oa tka T?um?? ?*1ate of Uw a saffcru ?SOU HII;RN INDUSTRIAL ? New Lnti i puses I hat Aro Kitticlilng Our I'tivo'iul Section. Paying I lioir Way. A djspaich Horn Jackson t>> 1 1 1 c Mi':li!')rs C.immcivlal- App>\?l s'aaws that the Mississippi State government Is mnvins in the dii c. thin of self-sup* poi t It says that under the present loiivi t larm system ? > : ? ' Aiu.s ;vppi 1 i iliti lit. a: > h.?.? Uvn ? ? n? v i t*- i tin ? H source of it Vi'ir.ii', an I u a l,|j, "Dunns the past lw>> years (he peni tentiary has paid into tin* State t r? us ury a.; in-; i > \ ? in: ?> rnvr an I above tho pi sin expenses ?1S,?71V0. Di>i ills iho J '.at ! : ;l \( ar t'.c amount pn .l In was | J'oiily ah nit $".?>> greati r than tho > \u \ . > is. hut over Spi.tmO had ho. n pa'. I oat fiir .? n. 'iv larm. " Tlii' S; ut> iv\ nut' as out is also a I ;o!f i ill in office, an I one that lias | proven ,ia enoimoc.s source <>f iov-to i i ; i tho State it tii in i', tho past twj liseal \< lis. From this s.uiiTu tho treasury of M : -issiap: received for thi- I >\ > j > ears ?. '"Vli" ? ? ft ? v " u f Si.ito It ill coram .is;vin fr has als i pt o \ ? n a most rraiua-'iatn e .mo t.) lh>' Siato during tho past * ?i ? >:? - i ? nial per i i.l The up. Hi of thin otti-ir j I shows that t"> lias ca'leete 1 ikmivii ?<? a i ,;i pay tin- r\; i-nscs of his department, I i m;l that the Si ate treasury has n e v- : " I from his hands the sain of $ 1 j i.-t. "Tho fpport of tho secretary of Star I s not yet ready for publication. but it J 'ins been repeatedly published since t'..o ? a \v ohartor f? o hill wont into effect 'h it tho oftiro was yleldine. a hand-: one rovontio derived from this . source, many thousands of dollars in oxoo.sa of i' ?xpenxes." A i -To ii Shl|>, Ono of lh> slianshl's now Indus huilt by tho Maryland ; eel Co. nl Spar I j rov s Doiat for tho Host >;t Towhaat ?'???. Is t.i ho named tlu> Sliawmut. an I ha- j r.'T.'Vcil a point wliero It Is roadv f.M j tho water. Tlio vcss<l is one if two; holn< Imilt hy th s company am! w 11 ! '-o tiio large-t yt cm -it meted at tiio'i j f>p:ii row's Point yards. It Is f> ? > 7? foot ! in length. f?s f, <"t beam. and will hivo i time ??tooi dooUs. Its total carrying oapaoity is ostlni.atod at about ' t us. It v.l 1 !u p a i d in sorvioo as an 1 Ainoiloati "tramp" ytoftmship. joiu'.as i ho flrct owned by tli i' Huston t'ampany, ; which havo , hoon huilt at tho samo I plant It w;M have oas nos oapihlo ( I pro'iuoinu fitn'n liyrs-'-pDWor, ;;:vi:i'; it a spool if fi'ani twolvo to fourtoO'n j Knots a:i h >ur. . - .S'lipbu tdbifj on tho (h?lf O moors and dlrootor's of tho (I'll! I C ir' ShphuldiiK & Dry Do \ Co., I whii h i ooii!-i:dorln'r tho est ahlishnvat ; of sueh | Dm-; at Mohil ?. ahu) at Nov j Oi loans, havo r orontly liron in both j ? it i ? s examining ooa*t ^'t^s. ('has. M 1 Jo.?u p of N< w Vork Is pro'ddont; ('. M. WioUo.-i and Srnucl It. SloOr-nnioo. vloo , proKidonts. T)ioit> is a poss-'.hillty that ; what is hii'iwn as th" Mel.'dlan d( '?!< ' at Now Or'euis inav he pun has"d. an t j it i.<^ rop >rt?.'d thai tho coni|Any has so i on rod oxtMi.si vo wat nr front ago *nt Mo j bilr* frr it^ purpn^f. Th^ nnrtW?Ma1 p'.^n i of the ooaipany inrludoi tho olj ' f 5.000, fan") in hands to furnish tho nr'v'n- ] I fund". {;; !;;;'!d i i?'*i p'lTi n ts. ? . K i | JluvRwvti (f Iticdimotid is also roiiorlot' j to ho int' iostod in tho proJrotH. Norfolk .SJiipbu'.ItWn^. ) Another n<!di*!on to the grow In 3 | tdiip repairing J.nd hulldins 'infrrstf i of Norfolk. Va.. Is announced In tin t 'n'on Const ruction /i Dock Co., cap ? listed at jao, UCO. TliLs cuinpany in (onrlM to huild and havo In opcrAtior within i?5.v months a gen'ral plan*, t< ! Iiuludo foundry, niarinij rallw?iy. Hoaf Jas dock of 500 to 100 tons capacity Boar-yard and .'?all lofl. About 2 0 in c wijl ho employed. Large vessels will b? put fui tho dock and ti:? smaller craft on tho marine railway. Th-; ofllecru an I D. 1). Mitchings, preHiilent; J. B. Davir, ! v loo- president ; C. T. Dean (of Ironton j Ohio). Bocretarv trcaRiirer, and dXcc j tors, Mc>:srs. VV. T. Bowden, Thorutort j Iloed and T. S. Ward. Tt'xtil .? Notes. The tVeathcrfonl (Texas) Board r>f rr.if!" announces that a textile nnii of r-onsidorable extent will !;o erected In Weathcford. The work of constructing n)d pi. in t will com men re wllliln thirty I days, nnd lis product will bo woolen | cloth and enmel'f'-.iair press-cloth. it is rumorcrf'at Hanrord. N. U., '.hat parties nrr lT:rrstlrntin?r the Tfatrn of k crcok near that town with a yiew to establishing a hleaehery. It Is state! in a dispatch from Blr rtlnehain that the proposed cotton mill for I'rll City, Ala., mcnfloned la^t week, will he built by a fdOO.OOO corn- ? pany that I'.os'on and Lowell (Mn.^s.i parties will orpinlre. and that 'Geo. W. Pratt of Atlanta, Ca., will be proal dent. Messrs. Pomeroy nros. of Graham, N. C.. will build a cotton factory, tut as to the extept of the enterprise 4>o ryjort has been made. Brick and lum ber have bron ordered for the build ings, anil tfcclr construction'' will be commcncfcdat once. Wlllinghara Cotton Mills of Macon. Ga., referring to its addition of 400 spindles and other complementary ma chinery. reported last week, says th*t It wfH^lsa Install 120 heavy wido looms for tho manufacture of hose, belting and numbered duck. W. S. Oswald. R/0| Box 243, Birm ingham, Ala., Is Investigating with a ?Jew to establishing o mlfl for fcnlt | tin* hosiery, underwear, etc., anil as!<s manufacturers of the required mtt&iJn ery to submit estimates on 'coat of equipment and other Information. n??U ? H *4 r mvtfoi ?*' " ***" ' . Ilga, Ga.,. propose installing equipment for tie production of* knit ftorfory and roping, and want to buy the neeouwy machinery. * ? Rlvervlow Knitting Mlllf of TlaiUoro, N. C.. was destroyed pr Mgngtgir a lost of ?bwJl lW.flWi ??" amucfl reported * fkoMjflh* pU* 1^1 m >-'-iitia? mirMnia nlr r a< Admiral SclikVs 1 radticcr Gets l!i$ Walking Orders. " - 0 nil; RCMOVAI. OKI AV I t) REGULAR Sot wit hvtnmling I iis Vigorous K'ck, l lie ? 'Historian" ll.i.. I.'>^en SuinniA I lly 1>:'sj>osc0 ot. Washington, Special ? Tho " e'.vll ser vice eonfpiissw.n Thiusliy nntilled Kd gar S. Mai l ly, 1 1> o his!>>; lan recently employed in t!ii' il:o >klyn u ivy yard, thai li in i\ 11 ival fiam the position at t iis ! point was not in vi;!a:Kn of tho c ivil service a t. T h s nctilleU'.oa ia < > >11 1 a i it ? <1 in ;i 1 - 1 1 . r w.itten to M:. Ma c!.iy by Prcsiib nl I'loelor, if the com ln.njiiou, and is in reply l> an in pt ry I nun linn. M;1. Maclay'.i I t i v r \c .id It'Ui; ws : ?. Ullice of \ tho General ilurckccpcr, N:ivy Yard. {Jew York, 1 >.v. 21, I *j:j ? . (Ion. J lui It. IVocio:', 1 ' ?"< :>iv:i" Civil Service C:>:nt.:i*.-:!;;:i ; Sir: On I o ember 2J, y s'c.Jay, I reccived til" following r maiu.v Mil :u from tho ,v\c:ctaiy ci tv:- N avy : "S.1 m 1 am dirce. I liy ihj President to as\ Mi,); .ir :?. Mac ay, special lai? ..Tor, S' n~ i-tai Hturckerpc "V> < > fit \ n ivy yard', Ww \ork, la .send in his resignation. "JOHN 1>. Li.'Nti, Snrrctary." Thin i- > in m it m ic:i i ion \v:,.>-;td !i s.e.d to the commandant of Oil:! navy yard and was forwarded to mo, 1 d.-siio to K cL an anlhorita. ,vp op ni ">n 1'ioai t !i ? c.vll service commissi. >n on tho following points: I; Has llo- I'res dent of tip* United Slates any auth -lit y under tliJ lav.a governing civil service t.i (Ionian 1 tiio icsigiiatlon of a irlvjl service employe in t iio class, iio.l list? 2: Mas the i,ro.-ltlcnt the authority or power to causa the dismhiial of any civil k m vice employe without. p:eicr? liny; chaises ia writing a id > lying sahl employe an opportunity in which to make a defense? Very i espectfullv, j ? kdwaJiu H. .MAC LAY. To this tlio commission replied: W.i hington. flee. 20, 1301. Mr. ICdwanl S. Maelay> Ofllee of Gen oral SU)n:l*#0lfvr, Navy Yard, New York : '-*> Sir: The commission is in receipt of yctir letter ot C'ceinhor 21, 1!) d. nsk'ng it ? < p a: :*? o:i ; It ? f . ?liowiaj; questions: ll:us the. I'rCKident .>f the Uniled Slates nny authority under tho laws governing civil service to demand the i e.dvn itlon of a e vil .service caiployo in t he cl:t:-sified list? li.is t!i ? Preside nl tho authority or power to r.iu.'t! the dls nisanl cf\pn/ ci?il service employe without pi'iyi-/ rin:.; charges in wiitia-; and giving Sseid employe n:i opuorlunit y in which to make a defense? In response, you are Informed th.it P it Is contrary to the praetice of tho ' commission to undertake to answvr hypothetical questions. Ypui* separa tion from the s' rvice, aceo:0lng to tli? facts in the case, as tlivy appeared in the public pi'Liia. was mado unoa thd ? r rder of the SC-ereiary of the Navy, ?n whom th" power of removal re.sts. Tho demand for your re ignation, folJtowo4 ? by yr.ur removal upon the dlrocllon of ilio Prifiidcat, Cirough the Sccrerary o( tho Navy, was not in violation of the civil Kerviiv net and rulca in view of the well known faetacin your case. The object of the rule requiring no- , tlce unci a hcarluK was to prevent pa* ? 1 litlcal removals upon E^eret chifg&l.. No 'issue of tills kind 1a Involved In your case. Very icsyeeifully. JOHN R. FROG TOR, PreslfTbnt*--' I'roslrc.nt I'roetOr of tho elvll eorvleo commjfi.slon also gave out the following statement bearing upon the case: "The commlsH n hns alwavs held ns shown in its 13th report, January 1. 1S07. that the civil service act did not Intend that 'jncompctont persons should bo retained in ofllee, Tho authority for removal and its exercise for proper teasous Arf^neeessnry for tho dlicrip- ^ 1'na.^ivd the )ptfi;lency of the publle\ "p-rvii'e. The bower of removal is n34~r' hffoctcd by t/e law or the rules, far- - Hier than tliit tli^y provldo that re movals shall not be mado for political - or i eligCous reaaonst^. "The rule of tho Presldenf, Jnl7 27. 1S07. requiring that a person should c.nlv b? and- ? ^ipon and after an opportunity -foi rnnkin,r an aiv.vor, was the- purpose ol preventing political or rcllglou3 rev ? inovuls, or removals upon &'i,Tr*d' chnrpcs. br:t rrrs In lnl-?fi-I'.'J to < urtafl th" po ver cf removal for JilEl cause, i-nder this rulo_,the reasons for a removal are to be a matter or reeord, but it does not Impair in th" sUsht?.?.l degree the p-ompt rxerel^e of the pow- / er of discipline. In disi^tssiag thlx :nl-J In the 11th report of the comm!s-Ion' Decomber 31. 1S97. it Is stited that. :i the removal:: are sufficient the o.T*ec will not heyltato tot make the io moval. "It rannct l.o assorted, that Maelay'* removal was for political or rell^lott* I reasons or upon socrct chargcs. a3 till. [?irnfin for t!ie Department's ae!lo? . are. well known, both to ^Jntrlay an-Vto tho publle." " ^ Train Wrecked nnd Rum 1 L J Dallas. Tex., Special.? Thp. Missouri, Kansas & Texas north-bouna pwwn- '1 err train, Hue In Dallas at 11:20 o'etiiftV "" Tuesday night, was wrocked and alf&or eoinplotely hurped rIx mi!? tosth n here Jiut beforo midnight Thre? tt sons wcro l/ijurod,\hut no. ar"T^r#tE" The baggage, express and tp were sav^d. Injured: " etneer; Wm. K^vney, II-"? ? Henry, eolorod. Intornall and one Pullman arc al Ave cars be!ff? dMt?JTl?r fs bottom-up in tho dltek. ' ? ? ? - ? _